James Curran, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman

Misunderstanding the Internet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Misunderstanding the Internet provides a concise introduction to the history, sociology, politics and economics of the internet and its impact on society that stresses the importance of context in shaping and filtering the impact of the internet. This fully revised second edition responds to new developments both in the internet itself, such as state surveillance, reversals of the Arab spring, the growth of hate websites and increased commercialisation of the net, and in the surrounding research about it. This is an up-to-date polemical, sociologically and historically informed textbook that continues to challenge popular myths and existing academic orthodoxies around the internet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138906204
• ISBN-10: 1138906204
• Artikelnr.: 43748297

Autorenporträt

James Curran, Natalie Fenton and Des Freedman teach in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The internet of dreams: reinterpreting the internet
2. The internet of history: rethinking the internet's past
3. The internet of capital: concentration & commodification in a world of
abundance
4. The internet of rules: critical approaches to online regulation and
governance
5. The internet of me (and my 'friends')
6. The internet of radical politics and social change
Conclusion: The internet we want
Index