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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816188303321

Titolo

Society online [[electronic resource] ] : the Internet in context / / edited by Philip N. Howard, Steve Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

1-322-30639-7

1-4522-2956-2

1-4522-6287-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiv, 350 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

HowardPhilip N

JonesSteve <1961->

Disciplina

303.4833

Soggetti

Information society

Internet

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Prologue: The Case for Multimethod Research; 1 - Embedded Media; Part I: Social Capital, Community, and Content; 2 - The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities; 3 - Deeper Understanding, Deeper Ties; 4 - Bending Gender Into the Net; 5 - Interrogating the Digital Divide; 6 - Will Internet Voting Increase Turnout?; 7 - The Internet and Political Involvement in 1996 and 2000; 8 - New Media, Internet News, and the News Habit; 9 - Crisis Communication and New Media; Part III: Economic Life Online; 10 - "sHoP onLiNE!"; 11 - Permanently Beta; 12 - Art Versus Code

Part IV: Culture and Socialization Online13 - Wired and Well Read; 14 - The Disembodied Muse; 15 - Technology and Tolerance; Part V: Personal and Global Contexts of Life Online; 16 - Informed Web Surfing; 17 - American Internet Users and Privacy; 18 - Sited Materialities With Global Span; 19 - The Future of the Internet; 20 - Conclusion; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

'Society Online' is not exclusively devoted to a particular technology, or specifically the Internet, but to a range of technologies and technological possibilities labelled 'new media'.