[OPE-L] (new book) Internet and Society: Social Theory in theInformation Age

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Christian Fuchs (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the
Information Age. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415961327. 408 pages. Routledge
Research Series in Information Technology and Society.

More infos:
http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/i&s.html
Discussion Board on Internet+Society issues:
http://www.nabble.com/Internet-and-Society-f28205.html

In this book, the author develops a theory that shows how Internet has
changed society and society shapes the Internet. It discusses the ecology,
the economy, the politics, and the culture of transnational informational
capitalism.
Topics addressed in the book include: self-organization in nature,
self-organization in society, foundations of social theory, theory of
capitalism, critical theory in the age of the Internet, transnational
informational capitalism, Web 2.0, social software, ecological
sustainability and ICTs, informational monopolies, strategies of
accumulation related to the Internet, MySpace, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google,
Open Source, Free Software, filesharing, knowledge labor, class theory,
multitude and Empire (Hardt and Negri), class theory in informational
capitalism, gift internet economy, commodity internet economy, gift
commodity internet economy, digital divide, eParticipation, digital
democracy, democratic theory, information warfare, electronic surveillance,
cyberprotest, the movement for democratic globalization
("anti-globalization"), virtual communities, social networking platforms,
cyberstalking, social relations online, individualization and isolation
online, Internet addiction, cyberculture, cyberethics, etc.
The book provides foundations for Critical Internet Research / Critical
Theory in the age of informational capitalism.

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Univ.Ass. Dr. Christian Fuchs
Assistant Professor for Internet and Society
ICT&S Center - Advanced Studies and Research in
Information and Communication Technologies & Society
http://www.icts.uni-salzburg.at
University of Salzburg
Sigmund Haffner Gasse 18
5020 Salzburg
Austria
christian.fuchs@sbg.ac.at
Phone +43 662 8044 4823
   Fax +43 662 6389 4800
Information-Society-Technology:
http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at
http://icts.uni-salzburg.at/fuchs/
Managing Editor of tripleC - peer-reviewed open access online journal for
the foundations of information science:
http://triplec.uti.at
New Book: Fuchs, Christian (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the
Information Age. New York: Routledge.
http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=9780415961325&pchttp://www.routledge.co.uk/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?curTab=DESCRIPTION&id=&parent_id=&sku=&isbn=0415961327&pc

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