 | The Network Society: Social Aspects of New Media |
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Product Description
The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the use, demand, and need for telecommunications, data communication, and mass communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its aspects.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1197926 in Books
- Published on: 2005-11-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .68" h x 7.40" w x 9.38" l, 1.15 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
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Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Dutch
About the Author
Jan A.G.M. van Dijk is an internationally recognized expert in the field of communication, his specific interest being new media studies. Van Dijk is the author of The Network Society: Social Aspects of the New Media (SAGE, 1999) and co-editor of Digital Democracy: Issues of Theory and Practice (SAGE, 2000). He is an advisor of the European Commission in the Information Society Forum. As a professor of Communication Science at Twente University, van Dijk teaches and develops the sociology of the information society, in particular the social-cultural, political, and organizational aspects.
