- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
-
All (6) from $4.98
-
New (2) from $34.31
-
Used (4) from $4.98
More About This Textbook
Overview
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.
Product Details
Related Subjects
Meet the Author
Jan A.G.M. van Dijk is an internationally recognized expert in the field of communication, his specific interest being new media studies. Van Dijk is the author of The Network Society: Social Aspects of the New Media (SAGE, 1999) and co-editor of Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice (SAGE, 2000). He is an advisor of the European Commission in the Information Society Forum. As a professor of Communication Science at Twente University, van Dijk teaches and develops the sociology of the information society, in particular the social-cultural, political, and organizational aspects.
Table of Contents
Introduction Networks: The Nervous System of Society Technology Economy Politics and Power Law Social Structure Culture Psychology Conclusions and Policy Perspectives