Christian Fuchs

Internet and Society (eBook, ePUB)

Social Theory in the Information Age

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new information and communication technologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 816
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135898816
• Artikelnr.: 40064243

Autorenporträt

Christian Fuchs is professor and chair for media and communication studies at Uppsala University's Department of Informatics and Media Studies. He is also board member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group (Austria) and editor of tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. He is author of many publications in the fields ICTs & society, media & society, information society studies, and critical theory.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Self
Organization and Co
Operation 3. Society and Dynamic Social Theory 4. The Rise of Transnational Informational Capitalism 5. Social Internet Dynamics 6. Competition and Co
Operation in the Informational Ecology 7. Competition and Co
Operation in the Internet Economy 8. Competition and Co
Operation in Online Politics 9. Competition and Co
Operation in Cyberculture 10. Conclusion