Social Theory after the Internet Media, Technology, and Globalization
"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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
UCL Press
2018, 2018©2018
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 196 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781787351233 1787351238 1787351262 |