Understanding the internet
Subtitle: a socio-cultural perspective
By: Bridgette Wessels.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230517349
Subjects: Internet -- Social aspects
Description: "The internet is an everyday part of our contemporary lives. This book explores how it is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking. Using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues, this book is crucial reading for all those studying society, media and technology"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Assessing the Internet as Socio-Cultural Forms * The Cultural History of the Internet * Cultural Forms and Socio-Technical Change * The Socio-Cultural Environment of the Internet * Work and the Internet * Public Policy and the Internet * Exclusions, Inclusion and the Internet * Culture, Everyday Life and the Internet * Cyber-Cultures and the Internet * The Communication Environment and the Internet * Conclusion * Notes * Glossary Assessing the Internet as Socio-Cultural Forms * The Cultural History of the Internet * Cultural Forms and Socio-Technical Change * The Socio-Cultural Environment of the Internet * Work and the Internet * Public Policy and the Internet * Exclusions, Inclusion and the Internet * Culture, Everyday Life and the Internet * Cyber-Cultures and the Internet * The Communication Environment and the Internet * Conclusion * Notes * Glossary.