Social Theory after the Internet

Download free course Social Theory after the Internet, pdf file on 210 pages by Ralph Schroeder.

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 of the internet, 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 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.

Table of contents

The internet in theory
Media systems, digital media and politics
Digital media and the rise of right-wing populism
The internet in everyday life I: sociability
The internet in everyday life II: seeking information
Big data: shaping knowledge, shaping everyday life
Futures

Pages :	210
Size :	11.7 MB
File type :	PDF
Downloads:	51
Created:	2022-02-03
License:	CC BY
Author(s):	Ralph Schroeder

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