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Social Theory after the Internet : Media, Technology, and Globalization

Title
Social Theory after the Internet : Media, Technology, and Globalization / Ralph Schroeder.
ISBN
9781787351257
1787351254
9781787351226
178735122X
9781787351240
1787351246
9781787351264
1787351262
9781787351233
1787351238
Publication
London : UCL Press, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
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Notes
English.
Access and use
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Summary
"Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a sophisticated theory of the role internet plays, and how both technological and social forces shape its significance. He provides a sweeping and penetrating study, theoretically ambitious and at the same time always empirically grounded"--Page 4 of cover
Variant and related titles
KU Select 2017 Frontlist Collection. OCLC KB.
Other formats
Print version: Schroeder, Ralph. Social theory after the internet. London : UCL Press, ©2018
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 01, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-188) and index.
Contents
The internet in theory
Media systems, digital media and politics
Digital media and the rise of right-wing populism
The internet in everyday life I: sociability
The internet in everyday life II: seeking information
Big data: shaping knowledge, shaping everyday life
Futures.
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