- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: Polity (Aug 30 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0745626688
- ISBN-13: 978-0745626680
- Product Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.5 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,062,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is a flawless book. It shows what a changing world we live in, is academically sound and is also a good read."
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In The Network Society, Darin Barney provides a compelling examination of the social, political and economic implications of network technologies and their application across a wide range of practices and institutions.
Are we in the midst of a digital revolution? Have new information and communication technologies given birth to a new form of society, or do they reinforce and extend existing patterns and relationships? This book provides a clear and engaging discussion of these and other questions. Using a sophisticated model of the relationship between technology and society, Barney investigates both what has changed, and what has remained the same, in the age of the Internet.
Among the issues discussed are debates concerning the emergence of a 'knowledge economy'; digital restructuring of employment and work; globalization and the status of the nation-state; the prospects of digital democracy; the digital divide; new social movements; and culture, community and identity in the age of new media.
This book provides an accessible resource for a thoughtful engagement with life in the network society. It will be essential reading for students in sociology and media and communication studies. This will be a valuable textbook for undergraduate students of sociology and media and communication studies.
Are we in the midst of a digital revolution? Have new information and communication technologies given birth to a new form of society, or do they reinforce and extend existing patterns and relationships? This book provides a clear and engaging discussion of these and other questions. Using a sophisticated model of the relationship between technology and society, Barney investigates both what has changed, and what has remained the same, in the age of the Internet.
Among the issues discussed are debates concerning the emergence of a 'knowledge economy'; digital restructuring of employment and work; globalization and the status of the nation-state; the prospects of digital democracy; the digital divide; new social movements; and culture, community and identity in the age of new media.
This book provides an accessible resource for a thoughtful engagement with life in the network society. It will be essential reading for students in sociology and media and communication studies. This will be a valuable textbook for undergraduate students of sociology and media and communication studies.
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Network society- connects a lot of theories,
By Jay Ser "JC" (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Network Society (Paperback)
If you believe in globalization then this is a great book for further reading. While a lot of it is very "wordy" and the theories seem to spew one after another it highlights a lot of good points and connects a lot of aspects in todays society. My favorite chapter is the network politics chapter it is highly accurate and very informative. This is an advanced book and should be carefully read, at some points I had to re-read most of what I read because it lost me.
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