The Internet and Social Inequalities
Ideal for use as a core or secondary text in lower division social inequalities or social problems courses, this book explains how the changing nature and uses of the Internet not only mirror today’s social inequalities, but also are at the heart of how stratification is now taking place. A pioneering work, both intellectually, and pedagogically.

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The Internet and Social Inequalities
Ideal for use as a core or secondary text in lower division social inequalities or social problems courses, this book explains how the changing nature and uses of the Internet not only mirror today’s social inequalities, but also are at the heart of how stratification is now taking place. A pioneering work, both intellectually, and pedagogically.

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The Internet and Social Inequalities

The Internet and Social Inequalities

The Internet and Social Inequalities

The Internet and Social Inequalities

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Ideal for use as a core or secondary text in lower division social inequalities or social problems courses, this book explains how the changing nature and uses of the Internet not only mirror today’s social inequalities, but also are at the heart of how stratification is now taking place. A pioneering work, both intellectually, and pedagogically.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415963206
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/21/2009
Series: Sociology Re-Wired
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James C. Witte (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Social Science Research at George Mason University.Witte was previously Chair of the Communication and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Susan E. Mannon (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Utah State University.She teaches and does research in the areas of social inequality and international development. Her work has appeared in Gender & Society, Human Organization, and Sociological Spectrum.

Table of Contents

1. A Sociology of the Internet 2. Internet Use Among American Adults 3. Internet Inequality From a Conflict Perspective 4. Internet Inequality From a Cultural Perspective 5. Internet Inequality From a Functionalist Perspective 6. Patterns of Inequality and the Future of the Internet

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