Sociology in the age of the Internet / Allison Cavanagh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cavanagh, Allison.

Series:

Sociology and Social Change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Information society.

Computers and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2007.

Summary:

There has been a diverse body of writing from scholars in the social sciences who have been studying changes brought about by communication technologies in general and the Internet in particular. This title evaluates the work in this area and is suitable for academics and students interested in the relationship between the internet and society.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One The rise of the network metaphor; Chapter 1 Approaches to networks; Chapter 2 Network methodologies; Chapter 3 The network society; Chapter 4 The internet as a network; Part Two The internet as a medium; Introduction to Part Two; Chapter 5 Elements of a public sphere; Chapter 6 Interactivity: it's got to be jelly 'cos jam don't shake like that; Chapter 7 The global public sphere and forms of power; Part Three The internet as a social space; Introduction to Part Three

Chapter 8 CommunityChapter 9 Online identity; Conclusion to Part Three; Part Four The internet as a technology; Introduction to Part Four; Chapter 10 Sociologies oftechnology; Chapter 11 The sociology of technology and the internet emergent perspectives; References; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12910-0

9786611129101

0-335-22958-1

OCLC:

426513771