Sociology In The Age Of The InternetMcGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2007 M04 1 - 179 pages This book provides a key to understanding the changes identified through an evaluation of the utility of new social theory by investigating the novelty of the Internet and setting the Internet in the context of communication histories. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part One The rise of the network metaphor | 21 |
Part Two The internet as a medium | 57 |
Part Three The internet as a social space | 99 |
Part Four The internet as a technology | 135 |
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| 174 | |
Back cover | 180 |
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