Cavanagh, Allison.

Sociology in the age of the Internet / Allison Cavanagh. - Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007. - 179 p ; 24 cm. - Sociology and social change . - Sociology and social change .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Approaches to networks Sociologies of technology The sociology of technology and the Internet : emergent perspectives Network methodologies The network society The Internet as a network Elements of a public sphere Interactivity : it's got to be jelly 'cos jam don't shake like that The global public sphere and forms of power Community Online identity The rise of the network metaphor. The Internet as a medium. The Internet as a social space. The Internet as a technology.

9780071074087

013660604


Computers and civilization.
Information society.
Internet--Social aspects.

HM851 / .C38

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