The Digital Practices of African Americans - An Approach to Studying Cultural Change in the Information Society (Hardcover, New edition)

How do social scientists study the impact of social networking sites on racial identity formation? How has the Internet impacted the accumulation of social and cultural capital? By synthesizing insights across a variety of disciplines, this book builds an original theoretical perspective through which these and other questions about core social processes can be addressed. Three case studies of how African Americans use information and communication technologies (ICTs) are used to illustrate this theoretical perspective. They show how groups can leverage ICTs to overcome historical inequalities. The book argues that the lenses through which scholars and society's leaders think about new technology place too much emphasis on the technological and economic aspects of ICTs, and not enough on the impact of ICTs on social processes at the everyday level.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Digital Formations, 90
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Roderick Graham
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	164
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-2272-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Promotions
LSN:	1-4331-2272-3
Barcode:	9781433122729

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