Imagining the Internet : communication, innovation, and governance / / Robin Mansell

• Autore: Mansell Robin
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.4833
• Soggetto topico: Internet - Social aspects; Information society
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Fast Forwarding through the Information Society; Chapter 3: Social Imaginaries of the Information Society; Chapter 4: Communication, Complexity, and Paradox; Chapter 5: Communication Systems in Everyday Life; Chapter 6: Emergence and Communication Systems; Chapter 7: Political Firestorms in Communication Policy; Chapter 8: Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is an impressive survey of our collective and cumulative understanding of the evolution of digital communication systems and the Internet. Whilst the information societies of the twenty-first century will develop ever more sophisticated technologies, the Internet is now a familiar and pervasive part of the world in which we live, work, and communicate. As such it is important to take stock of some fundamental questions - whether, for example, it contributes to progress,social cohesion, democracy, and growth - and at the same time to review the rich and varied theories and perspective
• Titolo autorizzato: Imagining the internet
• ISBN: 1-283-57663-5; 9786613889089; 0-19-163498-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814505803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II