Society online the Internet in context - Howard, Philip N. 1970-; Jones, Steve 1961- (SAGE Publications, 2004)
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Within the developed world, much of society experiences political, economic, and cultural life through a set of communication technologies barely older than many citizens. Society Online: The Internet in Context examines how new media technologies have not simply diffused across society, but how they have rapidly and deeply become embedded in our organizations and institutions. Society Online is not exclusively devoted to a particular technology, or specifically the Internet, but to a range of technologies and technological possibilities labeled "new media." Rather than trying to cover every p
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Prologue: The Case for Multimethod Research; 1 -- Embedded Media; Part I: Social Capital, Community, and Content; 2 -- The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities; 3 -- Deeper Understanding, Deeper Ties; 4 -- Bending Gender Into the Net; 5 -- Interrogating the Digital Divide; 6 -- Will Internet Voting Increase Turnout?; 7 -- The Internet and Political Involvement in 1996 and 2000; 8 -- New Media, Internet News, and the News Habit; 9 -- Crisis Communication and New Media; Part III: Economic Life Online; 10 -- "sHoP onLiNE!"; 11 -- Permanently Beta; 12 -- Art Versus Code
Part IV: Culture and Socialization Online13 -- Wired and Well Read; 14 -- The Disembodied Muse; 15 -- Technology and Tolerance; Part V: Personal and Global Contexts of Life Online; 16 -- Informed Web Surfing; 17 -- American Internet Users and Privacy; 18 -- Sited Materialities With Global Span; 19 -- The Future of the Internet; 20 -- Conclusion; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
Keywords: COMPUTERS / Information Technology; Information society; Internet; Informationsgesellschaft; Aufsatzsammlung