The Internet and society

• Main Author: Slevin, James (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, MA Polity 2000
• Subjects: Computers and civilization; Information society; Internet > Social aspects
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• Physical Description: xi, 266 pages 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0745620868; 0745620876; 9780745620879

The Internet and Society explores the impact of the internet on modern culture beyond the fashionable celebration of 'anything goes' online culture or the overly pessimistic conceptions tainted by the logic of domination. In this major new work, James Slevin develops an original account of the internet and relates it to the analysis of culture and communication in late modern societies. Slevin offers a critical appraisal of contributions to the study of the internet and its related networks such as intranets and extranets. He argues that these studies fail to deal adequately with the nature of communication and its role in an increasingly uncertain world. This book will be of interest to second-year undergraduates and above in media and communications studies, cultural studies, sociology and social theory and students and academics across the social sciences who are interested in the impact of new communication technologies.