Understanding the internet : a socio-cultural perspective /
Wessels, Bridgette.
Understanding the internet : a socio-cultural perspective / Bridgette Wessels. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - x, 233 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.
Addressing the internet as socio-cultural forms -- The cultural history of the internet -- Cultural forms and socio-technical change -- The socio-cultural environment of the internet -- Work and the internet -- Public policy and the internet -- Exclusion, inclusion and the internet -- Culture, everyday life and the internet -- Cyber cultures and the internet -- The communication environment and the internet.
Explores how the internet is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking by using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues.
023051734X (pbk.) 9780230517349 (pbk.)
2009044242
Internet--Social aspects.
HM851 / .W43 2010
303.4833
Understanding the internet : a socio-cultural perspective / Bridgette Wessels. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - x, 233 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.
Addressing the internet as socio-cultural forms -- The cultural history of the internet -- Cultural forms and socio-technical change -- The socio-cultural environment of the internet -- Work and the internet -- Public policy and the internet -- Exclusion, inclusion and the internet -- Culture, everyday life and the internet -- Cyber cultures and the internet -- The communication environment and the internet.
Explores how the internet is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking by using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues.
023051734X (pbk.) 9780230517349 (pbk.)
2009044242
Internet--Social aspects.
HM851 / .W43 2010
303.4833