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100 1 $aCurran, James.
245 10 $aMisunderstanding the Internet /$cJames Curran, Natalie Fenton and Des Freedman.
260 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2012.
300 $a194 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCommunication and society
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $apt. I. Overview. Reinterpreting the internet /James Curran ; Rethinking internet history / James Curran -- Part II. Political economy of the Internet. Web 2.0 and the death of the blockbuster economy / Des Freedman ; Outsourcing internet regulation / Des Freedman -- Part III. Internet and power. The internet and social networking / Natalie Fenton ; The internet and radical policies / Natalie Fenton -- Part IV. Looking forward. Conclusion / James Curran, Des Freedman and Natalie Fenton.
520 8 $a"The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more 1.5 billion internet users across the globe, about one quarter of the world's population. This is certainly a new phenomenon that is of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies. However, much popular and academic writing about the internet takes a technologically deterministic view, assuming that the internet' potential will be realised in essentially transformative ways. This was especially true in the euphoric moment of the mid-1990s, when many commentators wrote about the internet with awe and wonderment. While this moment may be over, its underlying technocentrism -- the belief that technology determines outcomes -- lingers on, and with it, a failure to understand the internet in its social, economic and political context. Misunderstanding the Internet is a short introduction, encompassing the history, sociology, politics and economics of the internet and its impact on society. The book has a simple three part structure: Part 1 looks at the history of the internet, and offers an overview of the internet's place in society ; Part 2 focuses on the control and economics of the internet ; Part 3 examines the internet's political and cultural influence. Misunderstanding the Internet is a polemical, sociologically and historically informed textbook that aims to challenge both popular myths and existing academic orthodoxies around the internet."
650 0 $aSocial networks.
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650 0 $aInternet$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aInternet$xPolitical aspects.
700 1 $aFreedman, Des,$d1962-
700 1 $aFenton, Natalie.
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