Internet and society : social theory in the information age / Christian Fuchs.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge research in information technology and society ; 8.Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010Description: x, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415889926
- 303.4833 FU.I 2010 23
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Reprint. Originally published: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-379) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Self-organization and cooperation -- 3. Society and dynamic social theory -- 4. The rise of transnational informational capitalism -- 5. Social Internet dynamics -- 6. Competition and cooperation in the informational ecology -- 7. Competition and cooperation in the Internet economy -- 8. Competition and cooperation in online politics -- 9. Competition and cooperation in cyberculture -- 10. Conclusion.
Discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. This study highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society.
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