| Description |
xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Social theory.
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| Contents |
Opening: The Network is the Message -- 1. Lessons from the History of the Internet -- 2. The Culture of the Internet -- 3. e-Business and the New Economy -- 4. Virtual Communities or Network Society? -- 5. The Politics of the Internet I: Computer Networks, Civil Society, and the State -- 6. The Politics of the Internet II: Privacy and Liberty in Cyberspace -- 7. Multimedia and the Internet: The Hypertext beyond Convergence -- 8. The Geography of the Internet: Networked Places -- 9. The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective -- Conclusion: The Challenges of the Network Society |
| Summary |
Castells helps us understand how the Internet came into being and how it is affecting every area of human life. This guide reveals the Internet's huge capacity to liberate, but also its possibility to exclude those who do not have access to it |
| Analysis |
Internet |
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Electronic commerce |
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Social change |
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Politics |
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Multimedia |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available online |
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English |
| Subject |
Information technology -- Economic aspects.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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Information society.
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Internet.
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| Author |
Castells, Manuel, 1942-
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| LC no. |
2001036383 |
| ISBN |
0199255776 paperback |
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0199241538 |
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