Society and the internet : how networks of information and communication are changing our lives /
Society & the internet
edited by Mark Graham and William H. Dutton ; with a foreword by Manuel Castells.
- First edition.
- xxiii, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Internet studies of everyday life : Inventing the Internet : scapegoat, sin eater, and trickster / Next generation internet users : a new digital divide / The relational self-portrait : selfies meet social networks / The politics of children's Internet use / Gender and race online / Information and culture on the line : Internet geographies : data shadows and digital divisions of labor / China and the US in the new Internet world : a comparative perspective / Social media and the news : implications for the press and society / The impact of the Internet on media industries : an economic perspective / Big data : towards a more scientific social science and humanities? / Networked politics and governments : Transforming government, by default? / The wisdom of which crowd? On the pathology of a digital democracy initiative for a listening government / Online social networks and bottom-up politics / Big data and collective action / Empowering citizens of the Internet age : the role of a fifth estate / g Part IV. Networked businesses, industries, and economics : Scarcity of attention for a medium of abundance : an economic perspective / The Internet in the law : transforming problem-solving and education / The digital divide and employment : the case of the Sudanese labor market / A critical perspective on the potential of the Internet at the margins of the global economy / Technological and regulatory histories and futures : Next-generation content for next-generation networks / Data privacy in the clouds / The social media challenge to Internet governance / Beyond the Internet and Web / Aleks Krotoski -- Grant Blank and William H. Dutton -- Bernie Hogan and Barry Wellman -- Victoria Nash -- Lisa Nakamura -- Mark Graham -- Gillian Bolsover, William H. Dutton, Ginette Law, and Soumitra Dutta -- Nic Newman, William H. Dutton, and Grant Blank -- Sung Wook Ji and David Waterman -- Ralph Schroeder -- Miriam Lips -- Stephen Coleman and Jay G. Blumler -- Sandra González-Bailón -- Helen Margetts, Scott A. Hale, and Taha Yasseri -- Elizabeth Dubois and William H. Dutton -- Greg Taylor -- Richard Susskind -- Laura Mann -- Mark Graham -- Eli M. Noam -- Christopher Millard -- Laura DeNardis -- Yorick Wilks. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part V.
"How is society being shaped by the diffusion and increasing centrality of the Internet in everyday life and work? By bringing together leading research that addresses some of the most significant cultural, economic, and political roles of the Internet, this volume introduces students to a core set of readings that address this question in specific social and institutional contexts"--Provided by publisher.