Society and the Internet
How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 May 2014
- ISBN 9780199661992
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 236x163x30 mm
- Weight 772 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The book describes how society is being shaped by the diffusion and increasing centrality of the Internet in everyday life and work. It introduces students and those interested in the factors shaping the Internet and its impact on society to a core set of readings that address this question in specific social and institutional contexts.
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How is society being shaped by the diffusion and increasing centrality of the Internet in everyday life and work? By bringing together leading research that addresses some of the most significant cultural, economic, and political roles of the Internet, this volume introduces students to a core set of readings that address this question in specific social and institutional contexts.
Internet Studies is a burgeoning new field, which has been central to the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), an innovative multi-disciplinary department at the University of Oxford. Society and the Internet builds on the OII's evolving series of lectures on society and the Internet. The series has been edited to create a reader to supplement upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses that seek to introduce students to scholarship focused on the implications of the Internet for networked societies around the world. The chapters of the reader are rooted in a variety of disciplines, but all directly tackle the powerful ways in which the Internet is linked to political, social, cultural, and economic transformations in society. This book will be a starting point for anyone with a serious interest in the factors shaping the Internet and its impact on society.
The book begins with an introduction by the editors, which provides a brief history of the Internet and Web and its study from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The chapters are grouped into six focused sections: The Internet and Everyday Life; Information and Culture on the Line; Networked Politics and Government; Networked Businesses, Industries, and Economies; and Technological and Regulatory Histories and Futures.
I highly recommend this first edition to students who need a comprehensive overview of the field of Internet Studies, or those who seek new ideas and perspectives from other Internet scholars.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
Part I. Internet Studies Of Everyday Life
Inventing the Internet: Scapegoat, Sin Eater, and Trickster
Next Generation Internet Users: A New Digital Divide
The Conceptual Foundations of Social Network Sites and the Emergence of the Relational Self-Portrait
The Politics of Children s Internet Use
Gender and Race Online
Part II. Information And Culture On The Line
Internet Geographies: Data Shadows and Digital Divisions of Labour
China and the US in the New Internet World: A Comparative Perspective
Social Media and the News: Implications for the Press and Society
The Impact of the Internet on Media Industries: An Economic Perspective
Big Data: Towards a More Scientific Social Science and Humanities?
Part III. Networked Politics And Governments
Transforming Government by Default?
The Wisdom of Which Crowd? On the Pathology of a Digital Democracy Initiative for a Listening Government
Online Social Networks and Bottom-up Politics
Big Data and Collective Action
Empowering Citizens of the Internet Age: The Role of a Fifth Estate
Part IV: Networked Businesses, Industries AND Economies
Scarcity of Attention for a Medium of Abundance: An Economic Perspective
The Internet in the Law: Transforming Problem-Solving and Education
The Digital Divide and Employment: The Case of the Sudanese Labour Market
A Critical Perspective on the Potential of the Internet at the Margins of the Global Economy
Part V. Technological And Regulatory Histories And Futures
Next-Generation Content for Next-Generation Networks
Data Privacy in the Clouds
The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance
Beyond the Internet and Web
