Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age

by Fuchs; Christian

• ISBN13: 9780415961325
• ISBN10: 0415961327
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135898816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-07
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new ICTs. Fuchs highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Self-organization and cooperation	p. 11
Soceity and dynamic social theory	p. 35
The rise of transnational informational capitalism	p. 98
Social Internet dynamics	p. 121
Competition and cooperation in the informational ecology	p. 140
Competition and cooperation in the Internet economy	p. 148
Competition and cooperation in online politics	p. 213
Competition and cooperation in cyberculture	p. 299
Conclusion	p. 335
Notes	p. 355
References	p. 357
Index	p. 381
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