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UNINA9910144140203321 |
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Autore |
Agger Ben |
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Titolo |
The virtual self [[electronic resource] ] : a contemporary sociology / / Ben Agger |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-31032-8 |
9786611310325 |
0-470-70173-0 |
0-470-77337-5 |
0-470-77517-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information society |
Sociology |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-186) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1 Everyday Life in Our Wired World; 2 Sociology's Encyclopedia; 3 Does Postmodernism Make You Mad or Did You Flunk Statistics? A Chapter on Methodology; 4 Adventures in Capitalism; 5 Girl Talk; 6 Virtually, a Sociology!; Glossary; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication needs. In doing so, it addresses major issues in sociology that inform virtually all of a student's course work.Introduces students to concepts of the self and society in an age of rapid technology and high speed communicationExamines the relationship between everyday life and social structure in key domains of communication, personality, work/family, leisure and entertainment, and economicsWritten in a live |
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