Halavais, Alexander M. Campbell.
Search engine society / Alexander Halavais. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009. - v, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Digital media and society series . - Digital media and society series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-225) and index.
Introduction -- 1: Engines -- 2: Searching -- 3: Attention -- 4: Knowledge and democracy -- 5: Censorship -- 6: Privacy -- 7: Social search -- 8: Future finding -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
From the Publisher: Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet while much has been written about how to use search engines and how they can be improved, there has been comparatively little exploration of what their social and cultural effects might be. Like all technologies, search engines exist within a larger political, cultural, and economic environment. This volume aims to redress this balance and to address crucial questions such as: How have search engines changed the way we organize our thoughts about the world, and how we work? To what extent does political control of search engines, or the political influence of search engines, affect how they are used, misused, and regulated? Does the search engine help share our identities and interactions with others, and what implications does this have for privacy? Informed members of the information society must understand the social contexts in which search engines have been developed, what that development says about us as a society, and the role of the search engine in the global information environment. This book provides the perfect starting point.
9780745642147 0745642144 9780745642154 0745642152
2009277722
GBA9C1874 bnb
014933315 Uk
Web search engines--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Moteurs de recherche sur Internet--Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect social.
Moteurs de recherche sur Internet--Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect social.
internet.
information retrieval.
social values.
Informationstechnik.
Suchmaschine.
Internet.
Gesellschaft.
Soziologie.
Informationstechnik.
Suchmaschine (WWW)
Gesellschaft.
Soziologie.
Informationsgesellschaft.
Kultursoziologie.
Suchmaschine.
Sökmotorer.
Söktjänster (internet)
Informationssamhället.
Information society Internet searching Social aspects Web search engines Web search engines Social aspects
HM851 / .H343 2009
303.4833
Search engine society / Alexander Halavais. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009. - v, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Digital media and society series . - Digital media and society series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-225) and index.
Introduction -- 1: Engines -- 2: Searching -- 3: Attention -- 4: Knowledge and democracy -- 5: Censorship -- 6: Privacy -- 7: Social search -- 8: Future finding -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
From the Publisher: Search engines have become a key part of our everyday lives. Yet while much has been written about how to use search engines and how they can be improved, there has been comparatively little exploration of what their social and cultural effects might be. Like all technologies, search engines exist within a larger political, cultural, and economic environment. This volume aims to redress this balance and to address crucial questions such as: How have search engines changed the way we organize our thoughts about the world, and how we work? To what extent does political control of search engines, or the political influence of search engines, affect how they are used, misused, and regulated? Does the search engine help share our identities and interactions with others, and what implications does this have for privacy? Informed members of the information society must understand the social contexts in which search engines have been developed, what that development says about us as a society, and the role of the search engine in the global information environment. This book provides the perfect starting point.
9780745642147 0745642144 9780745642154 0745642152
2009277722
GBA9C1874 bnb
014933315 Uk
Web search engines--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Moteurs de recherche sur Internet--Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect social.
Moteurs de recherche sur Internet--Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information--Aspect social.
internet.
information retrieval.
social values.
Informationstechnik.
Suchmaschine.
Internet.
Gesellschaft.
Soziologie.
Informationstechnik.
Suchmaschine (WWW)
Gesellschaft.
Soziologie.
Informationsgesellschaft.
Kultursoziologie.
Suchmaschine.
Sökmotorer.
Söktjänster (internet)
Informationssamhället.
Information society Internet searching Social aspects Web search engines Web search engines Social aspects
HM851 / .H343 2009
303.4833