The Internet and Social ChangeMcFarland, 6 de jul. de 2017 - 239 páginas Starting with only four hosts in 1969, the Internet consisted of more than 56 million hosts by the end of 1999. In 1993, the World Wide Web was only 130 sites strong; six years later it boasted more than seven million sites. Despite this explosive growth of the Internet and computer technology, little is known about the social implications of computer mediated communications. In this work, the author uses social science theory to evaluate the social transformations taking place today. She asks whether human beings use the Internet to change basic social institutions, and if so, whether these changes are a matter of degree only or represent an overthrow of previous modes of organizing. The work examines the rise of the Internet as the logical extension of the Industrial Revolution and urbanization consistent with the basic tenets of modernity, and offers a new conceptual framework through which to understand the Internet. |
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... sense, I and many others have begun precisely where Marx, Durkheim and Weber did before us—seeking to understand the social transformations taking place around us. But in so doing we have assumed that the Internet is a “revolutionary ...
... sense, I and many others have begun precisely where Marx, Durkheim and Weber did before us—seeking to understand the social transformations taking place around us. But in so doing we have assumed that the Internet is a “revolutionary ...
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... sense of in the remaining chapters. It will include a short course on the theory of media logic, an explanation of basic sociological concepts (such as “institution” and “social form”) and a brief discussion of the division of the ...
... sense of in the remaining chapters. It will include a short course on the theory of media logic, an explanation of basic sociological concepts (such as “institution” and “social form”) and a brief discussion of the division of the ...
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... sense” understandings of the Internet (those based on opinion and impression rather than social science theory or systematic empirical investigation) or on “social scientific” understandings grounded in psychological, sociological or ...
... sense” understandings of the Internet (those based on opinion and impression rather than social science theory or systematic empirical investigation) or on “social scientific” understandings grounded in psychological, sociological or ...
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... sense of community and belonging in a mass society; breaking down the barriers of communications between class levels and ethnic groups; making education more widely available; and increasing the power of the individual over ...
... sense of community and belonging in a mass society; breaking down the barriers of communications between class levels and ethnic groups; making education more widely available; and increasing the power of the individual over ...
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