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: | xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Also issued online. |
Format: | Book |
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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 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-188) and index. |
ISBN: | 1787351246 9781787351240 9781787351233 1787351238 |
Additional Physical Form: |
Also issued online. |