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LEADER: 01939nam a22002418a 4500
001 2009044242
003 DLC
005 20091104134814.0
008 091022s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009044242
020 $a9780230517349 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHM851$b.W43 2009
082 00 $a303.48/33$222
100 1 $aWessels, Bridgette.
245 10 $aUnderstanding the internet :$ba socio-cultural perspective /$cBridgette Wessels.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2009.
263 $a0911
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"The internet is an everyday part of our contemporary lives. This book explores how it is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking. Using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues, this book is crucial reading for all those studying society, media and technology"--Provided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Assessing the Internet as Socio-Cultural Forms * The Cultural History of the Internet * Cultural Forms and Socio-Technical Change * The Socio-Cultural Environment of the Internet * Work and the Internet * Public Policy and the Internet * Exclusions, Inclusion and the Internet * Culture, Everyday Life and the Internet * Cyber-Cultures and the Internet * The Communication Environment and the Internet * Conclusion * Notes * Glossary Assessing the Internet as Socio-Cultural Forms * The Cultural History of the Internet * Cultural Forms and Socio-Technical Change * The Socio-Cultural Environment of the Internet * Work and the Internet * Public Policy and the Internet * Exclusions, Inclusion and the Internet * Culture, Everyday Life and the Internet * Cyber-Cultures and the Internet * The Communication Environment and the Internet * Conclusion * Notes * Glossary.
650 0 $aInternet$xSocial aspects.