{"product_id":"the-network-society-9781526498182","title":"The Network Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Network Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ea clear, engaging guide to the past, consequences and future of digital communication, and forms a comprehensive introduction to how new media functions in contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntegrating both face-to-face and online communication, the fourth edition explores crucial new issues and challenges in today’s digital media ecology, in doing so exploring the centrality\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eof power to understanding life in the network society. Featuring:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rise of the ‘data economy’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe increasing importance of artificial intelligence. big data and robotics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe growth of Internet platforms and how to regulate big tech.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew coverage of disinformation and fake news, including deep fake videos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpdates to the story of digital youth culture, as a foreshadow of future new media use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWith examples, cases and real-world applications, this is the essential guide for digital and new media students seeking to understand a diverse, fast-moving field.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 4th edition provides interdisciplinary insight into the growing significance of digital media in society. It comprehensively explains why the process of becoming a network society varies worldwide as a result of differing values and responses to the emergence of varied structures, processes and control systems. -- Robin Mansell\u003cbr\u003eThis fourth edition of Jan A.G.M. van Dijk’s classic book,\u003cem\u003e The Network Societ\u003c\/em\u003ey, clarifies and analyses a wide variety of crucial concepts and contemporary practices, with insight, clarity, analysis, and critique, as well as examples, boxed explanations, and conclusions for each chapter. Topics include social values, digital media capacities, multimedia, network theory, medium theory, network society, technological foundations, platform economy, space and time, social media, digital divide, network power, privacy, digital culture, social psychology of online communication, platform regulation, intellectual property rights, global and developing network societies, and policy perspectives. This is a necessary and accessible textbook for understanding the age of digital networks. -- Ronald E. Rice\u003cbr\u003eThe publication of the 4th edition of Professor Van Dijk’s \u003cem\u003eThe Network Society\u003c\/em\u003e speaks volumes for its value across multiple disciplines. This new edition updates his refreshingly global perspective on the growing psychological, cultural, economic and other social issues shaping the future of policy and practice in our increasingly digital world. -- William H. Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Introduction    A New Infrastructure of Society    A Second Communication Revolution    Characteristics of the Digital Media    Communication Capacities of Digital Media    The Nature and Design of this Book Chapter 2. Networks: the Nervous System of Society    What is a Network Society?    A Short History of the Human Web    Networks at All Levels    Causes of the Rise of Networks    The Seven ‘Laws’ of the Web    From Mass Society to Network Society Chapter 3. Technology    The Relationship Between Technology and Society    Technical Foundations of the Network Society    Current Technical Trends Chapter 4. Economy    The First, Second and Third Communications Revolution    Markets, Hierarchies and Networks    Main Characteristics of a Network and Data Economy    The Network Producers: From Infrastructure to Service Providers    The Rise of a Platform Economy    Consumers: the Pushers and the Pulled Chapter 5. Social Structure    Space and Time in the Network Society    The Blurring Spheres of Living    Social Networks and Social Media    Unity and Fragmentation: A New Social Cohesion    The Instability of the Network Society    Networks and Social (In)equality    The Digital Divide Chapter 6. Power and Politics    What is Network Power?    Technological Power    Societal Power: Politics and Democracy    Internet: Between Freedom and Control    Power in the Organization    Privacy and Personal Autonomy Chapter 7. Culture    What is Digital Culture?    Characteristics of Digital Culture    The Quantity and Quality of Digital Media Content    Digital Youth Culture    Trends in Digital Media Use Chapter 8. Psychology    Perception and the Digital Media    Cognition and the Digital Media    Learning with the Digital Media    The Social Psychology of Digital Media Communication    Changes in Human Personality? Chapter 9. Law    The Law Undermined by Networks    Who Rules the Internet?    Information and Communication Freedom    Intellectual Property Rights    The Right to Privacy    Platform Regulation Chapter 10. Conclusions and Policy Perspectives    General Conclusions    The Network Society in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Third World    Policy Perspectives for the Network Society","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739955671383,"sku":"9781526498182","price":53.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526498182.jpg?v=1720053507","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-network-society-9781526498182","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}