The Network Society
English
By (author): Jan A G M van Dijk
Fully revised, this Third Edition covers crucial new issues and updates, including:
the long history of social media and Web 2.0: why its not as new as we think
digital youth culture as a foreshadow of future new media use
the struggle for control of the internet among Microsoft, Google, Apple and Facebook
the contribution of media networks to the current financial crisis
complete update of the literature on the facts, theories, trends and technologies of the internet
new features for students with boxes of chapter questions, conclusions and boxed explanations of key concepts
This book remains an accessible, comprehensive, must-read introduction to how new media function in contemporary society.
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