Internet Society: The Internet in Everyday Life / Edition 1

by Maria Bakardjieva

Overview

Internet Society investigates Internet use and its implications for society through insights into the daily experiences of ordinary users. Drawing on an original study of non-professional, 'ordinary' users at home, this book examines how people interpret, domesticate, and creatively appropriate the Internet by integrating it into the projects and activities of their everyday lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761943396
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/20/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Conceptualizing User Agency
Technology in Everyday Life
Researching the Internet at Home
Becoming a Domestic Internet User
Situating the Virtual
Little Behaviour Genres of the Internet
Making Room for the Internet
Virtual Togetherness
Conclusion