Informationen zum Autor Dr Marcus Leaning is a senior lecturer in digital media at Trinity College! Carmarthen! University of Wales. He has given numerous international lectures and conference presentations! was a visiting research fellow at Hokkaido University in Japan! and has published numerous academic papers and popular articles on the Internet and its role in social change. Klappentext An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important 'cultural' assumptions are in how we understand technology. "This book is definitely worth a read...it is well structured, well written, and extremely informative."-Online Information Review Zusammenfassung An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important 'cultural' assumptions are in how we understand technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Part 1 Understanding the internet: Theories of technology and society; The idea of the internet; The internet! politics and the public sphere; Politics and the role of the internet. Part 2 The internet and society: Social form and media potency - the processes of modernisation; The internet and society: reconsidering the link; Conclusion.

Autorentext

Dr Leaning is a senior lecturer in digital media at Trinity College, Carmarthen, University of Wales. He has given numerous international lectures and conference presentations, was a visiting research fellow at Hokkaido University in Japan, and has published numerous academic papers and popular articles on the Internet and its role in social change.

Klappentext

An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important 'cultural' assumptions are in how we understand technology.

Inhalt

Introduction. Part 1 Understanding the internet: Theories of technology and society; The idea of the internet; The internet, politics and the public sphere; Politics and the role of the internet. Part 2 The internet and society: Social form and media potency - the processes of modernisation; The internet and society: reconsidering the link; Conclusion.