The Network Society

Social Aspects of the New Media

Autor*innen

• Jan A. G M. van Dijk

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• 272 Seiten
• 10 Lesestunden

• Anthropologie
• Computer & Internet
• Kultur und Gesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften
• Soziologie

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How are we to understand the causes of the telecommunications revolution? How can we begin to predict its consequences? The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the use, demand, and need for telecommunications, data communication, and mass communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its aspects. The Network Society: - Analyzes the new media in all their technical, economic, political, sociological, cultural and psychological aspects. - Examines the new media in term

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Einband: Paperback