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The internet galaxy / Manuel Castells

No review available on this record. Title : The internet galaxy : reflections on the internet, business, and society Material Type: printed text Authors: Manuel Castells, Author Publisher: New York, Oxford : Oxford University Press Publication Date: 2001 Pagination: 292 p. Size: 26 cm ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-925577-1 General note: Includes bibliographical references and index Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Descriptors: Information society Information technology - Economic aspects Information technology - Social aspects Internet Class number: 303.48 Abstract: "The internet galaxy"- the web has been with us for less than two decades. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary - instigating and enabling changes in virtually in every area of human activity and society. We have new system of communication, new businesses, new media and sources of information, new forms of political and cultural expression, new form of teaching and learning, and new communities. This indispensable book, written by the reading analysis in the field, draws upon an extraordinary range of detailed evidence and research to answer questions of relevance to us all, such as: how has the internet affected social and cultural organization, political participation and communication, and urban living? How is it shaping old and new business organizations? What are the realities of the digital divide? Manuel Castells helps us to understand what is happening and how the Internet has become the medium of the new network society. Contents note: The network is the message; Lessons from the history of the internet; The culture of the internet; e-business and the new economy; Virtual communities or network society?; The politics of the internet I : computer networks, civic society, and the state; The politics of the internet II : privacy and liberty in cyberspace; Multimedia and the internet : the hyper text beyond convergence; The geography of the internet : network places; The digital divide in a global perspective; Conclusion : the challenges of the network society; Record link: https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16570

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1702-001448	303.48 Cas-Int 2001	General Collection	SEEU Library Skopje	English	Available