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Society and the Internet - How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives (Paperback)
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Society and the Internet - How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives (Paperback)
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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.
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