Internet Galaxy Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society

Name: Internet Galaxy Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
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ISBN: 9780199255771

ISBN-10: 0199255776

ISBN-13: 9780199255771

Edition: 2002

Authors: Manuel Castells

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The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary - instigating and enabling changes in virtually every area of human activity and society. We have new systems of communication, new businesses, new media and sources of information, new forms of political and cultural expression, new forms of teaching and learning, and new communities.But how much do we know about the Internet - its history, its technology, its culture, and its uses? What are its implications for the business world and society at large? The diffusion has been so rapid that it has outpaced the capacity for well-grounded analysis. Soem say everything…

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List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/3/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Opening: The Network is the Message



Lessons from the History of the Internet



The Culture of the Internet



e-Business and the New Economy



Virtual Communities or Network Society?



The Politics of the Internet I: Computer Networks, Civil Society, and the State



The Politics of the Internet II: Privacy and Liberty in Cyberspace



Multimedia and the Internet: The Hypertext beyond Convergence



The Geography of the Internet: Networked Places



The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective


Conclusion: The Challenges of the Network Society


Index