Social theory after the internet : media, technology, and globalization / Ralph Schroeder.
"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 soph...
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Language: | English |
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London :
UCL Press,
2018.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations. |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
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"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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Call Number: | HM851 .S29 2018 Online |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-188) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781787351257 1787351254 9781787351226 178735122X 9781787351240 1787351246 |
Source of Description: |
Print version record. |