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Social Theory after the Internet : Media, Technology, and Globalization /

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"Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a...

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Main Author: Schroeder, Ralph (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : UCL Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Internet > Social aspects.
Internet > Political aspects.
Digital media > Social aspects.
Digital media > Political aspects.
Information society > Social aspects.
Information society > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Media studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Social Theory after the Internet focuses on everyday uses and effects of the internet, including information seeking and big data, and explains how the internet has gone beyond traditional media in, for example, enabling Donald Trump and Narendra Modi to come to power. Schroeder puts forward a sophisticated theory of the role internet plays, and how both technological and social forces shape its significance. He provides a sweeping and penetrating study, theoretically ambitious and at the same time always empirically grounded"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-188) and index.
ISBN:9781787351257
1787351254
9781787351226
178735122X