The network society /

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Author / Creator:Dijk, Jan van, 1952-
Uniform title:Netwerkmaatschappij. English
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2012.
Description:vi, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8850171
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ISBN:9781446248966 (pbk.)
9781446248959 (hbk.)
144624895X (hbk.)
1446248968 (pbk.)
Notes:Previous ed.: 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-320) and index.
Summary:'The Network Society' is a wide-ranging theoretical and historical overview of the causes and consequences of the telecommunications revolution. The treatment is accessible, well-balanced but critical.
Table of Contents:
  • About the author
  • 1. Introduction
  • A New Infrastructure for Society
  • A Second Communications Revolution
  • Characteristics of the New Media
  • Communication Capacities of the New Media
  • The Nature and Design of the Book
  • 2. Networks: The Nervous System of Society
  • What is a Network Society?
  • A Short History of the Human Web
  • Networks at All Levels
  • Causes of the Rise of Networks
  • The Seven æLaws' of the Web
  • From Mass Society to Network Society
  • 3. Technology
  • Technical Foundations of the Network Society
  • Current Technical Trends
  • 4. Economy
  • Causes of the Current Communications Revolution
  • A Flow Economy
  • Enterprise 2.0
  • Markets, Hierarchies and Networks
  • Characteristics of a Network Economy
  • The Producers: From Infrastructure to Service Providers
  • Consumers: The Pushers and the Pulled
  • 5. Politics and Power
  • The Vulnerability of Networks
  • Network Politics
  • The Internet: A Tool for Democracy?
  • E-participation
  • Power in the Organization
  • Privacy and Personal Autonomy
  • 6. Law
  • The Law Undermined by Networks
  • Who Rules the Internet?
  • Information and Communication Freedom
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • The Right to Privacy
  • 7. Social Structure
  • Space and Time in the Network Society
  • The Blurring Spheres of living
  • The Rise of the Social Media
  • Unity and Fragmentation: A New Social Cohesion
  • Networks and Social (In)Equality
  • The Digital Divide
  • The Instability of the Network Society
  • 8. Culture
  • What is Digital Culture?
  • Characteristics of Digital Culture
  • The Quantity and Quality of New Media Content
  • Digital Youth Culture: Foreshadow of the Future?
  • Trends in New Media Use
  • 9. Psychology
  • Perception and the New Media
  • Cognition and the New Media
  • Learning with the New Media
  • The Social Psychology of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
  • Changes in Human Personality?
  • 10. Conclusions and Policy Perspectives
  • General Conclusions
  • The Network Society in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Third World
  • Policy Perspectives for the Network Society
  • References
  • Index