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eBook details
- Title: Social Theory after the Internet
- Author : Professor Ralph Schroeder
- Release Date : January 04, 2018
- Genre: Sociology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,Politics & Current Events,Society,Reference,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1669 KB
Description
The internet has fundamentally
transformed society in the past 25 years, yet existing theories of mass or
interpersonal communication do not work well in understanding a digital
world. Nor has this understanding been helped by disciplinary specialization
and a continual focus on the latest innovations. Ralph Schroeder takes a
longer-term view, synthesizing perspectives and findings from various social
science disciplines in four countries: the United States, Sweden, India and
China. His comparison highlights, among other observations, that smartphones
are in many respects more important than PC-based internet uses.
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.
The book covers key contemporary
debates in a clear and accessible way. It will be of great interest to students
and scholars of digital media and society, the internet and politics, and the
social implications of big data.
Praise for Social Theory after the Internet
'Schroeder reveals some interesting facts concerning interaction with content posted on social media [in] Tethered togetherness, The spread of social media, Sociability and social divides, Visual copresence, Alone or together and Globalizing sociability.'
Medijske Studije
‘A highly ambitious contribution that allows us to take a step back and to systematically think of digital media’s contribution to social change in different social systems and its boundedness on country-specific contexts…. Schroeder’s book is a highly valuable addition to the literature’
The International Journal of Press/Politics
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