Sociology in the Age of the Internet
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0335217257
ISBN-13
9780335217250
Publisher
Open University Press
Imprint
Open University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 16th, 2007
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
324 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 1.20 cms
Product Classification:
Sociology & anthropology
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This book provides a key to understanding the changes identified through an evaluation of the utility of new social theory by investigating the novelty of the Internet and setting the Internet in the context of communication histories.
In recent years there has been a large and diverse body of writing from scholars in the social sciences who have been studying changes brought about by new communication technologies in general and the Internet in particular. The question of how people behave, interact and organize themselves in relation to this form of communication has been given added prominence by developments within new social theory, especially in relation to the novelty of contemporary social formations and the importance of mass communications to this changed order.
For the student new to the study of technology and society, there are a bewildering array of claims and counter claims, representing a spectrum of theoretical, methodological and critical sensibilities in relation to the Internet. In this new book Allison Cavanagh evaluates the work in this area by:
- Investigating the novelty of the Internet and setting the Internet in the context of communication histories
- Evaluating the extent and rate of change through a synthesis of the available empirical literature
- Providing a key to understanding the changes identified through an evaluation of the utility of new social theory
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