The Network Society: Social Aspects of New Media

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Author: Jan A G M van Dijk

ISBN-10: 1412908671

ISBN-13: 9781412908672

Category: Media - General & Miscellaneous

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The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the use, demand, and need for telecommunications, data communication, and mass communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its aspects.

IntroductionNetworks: The Nervous System of SocietyTechnologyEconomyPolitics and PowerLawSocial StructureCulturePsychologyConclusions and Policy Perspectives