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Wessels, Bridgette.

Understanding the internet : a socio-cultural perspective / Bridgette Wessels. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - x, 233 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.

Addressing the internet as socio-cultural forms -- The cultural history of the internet -- Cultural forms and socio-technical change -- The socio-cultural environment of the internet -- Work and the internet -- Public policy and the internet -- Exclusion, inclusion and the internet -- Culture, everyday life and the internet -- Cyber cultures and the internet -- The communication environment and the internet.

Explores how the internet is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking by using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues.

ISBN: 9780230517349 (pbk.) 023051734X (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009044242

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet--Social aspects.
Gesellschaft.
Internet.
Soziologie.

LC Class. No.: HM851 / W43 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/33