The network society : social aspects of new media / Jan van Dijk ; translated by Leontine Spoorenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dijk, Jan van, 1952-

Standardized Title:

Netwerkmaatschappij. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Technological innovations.

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1999]

Summary:

This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Intended for students from undergraduate level upwards, the book provides a wide-ranging overview of the cultural perspective on human development, with illustrations from pre-natal development to adulthood.A key feature is the broad coverage of theoretical and methodological issues which have relevance to this truly interdisciplinary field of enquiry encompassing developmental psychology, cultural anthropology and comparative sociology.

The text is organized into five coherent parts:

Part 1: Developmental theory and methodology;

Part 2: Analysis of environments for human development

Part 3: Cultural organization of pregnancy and infancy;

Part 4: Early childhood development; and Part 5: Entering the world of activities - culturally ruled.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0761962816

0761962824

0761956832

0761956840

OCLC:

41388393