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THE INTERNET IN EVERYDAY LIFE
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| By: |
Barry Wellman (Editor), Caroline Haythornthwaite (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£113.95 |
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£102.56 |
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£11.39 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631235078 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631235071 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
22 November, 2002 |
| Series: |
Information Age Series |
| Pages: |
624 |
| Description: |
Features studies that investigate how being online fits into everyday lives. This book contains articles from scholars in North America, Asia, and Europe that moves discussion of the Internet closer to home, showing how the Internet does not exist 'out there' but is instead an integral part of daily work and home life. |
| Synopsis: |
"The Internet in Everyday Life" brings together many pioneering studies that systematically investigate how being online fits into everyday lives. Until now, the Internet has been treated and discussed as detached from daily life, occupying some separate sphere of social endeavour. This collection of original articles from leading scholars in North America, Asia, and Europe moves discussion of the Internet closer to home, showing how the Internet does not exist 'out there' but is instead an integral part of daily work and home life. Contributors show who is on the Internet and what they are doing there. They debate whether the Internet adds to or detracts from the well-being of individuals, communities, and societies. They demonstrate how the Internet affects friendship, social capital, social support, civic involvement, school, work, and shopping.They reveal the extent to which the Internet is supporting new forms of human relationships, and describe what gets dropped and strained when Internet hours are added to already full schedules. This book goes beyond speculation to provide solid findings.Articles in this book are informed by results from surveys, interviews, and ethnographic data about behaviour on and with the Internet. Taken as a whole, this considered body of evidence should raise the level of debate about the impact of the Internet and raises serious questions about the popular myth that Internet use increases social alienation. |
| Illustrations: |
31 illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers |
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