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9781440801235: Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Our Online World
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ISBN 10 : 1440801231 ISBN 13 : 9781440801235
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2015

Synopsis

By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts the Internet has created in contemporary society.

Books about Internet culture usually focus on the people, places, sites, and memes that constitute the cutting-edge" at the time the book is written. That approach, alas, renders such volumes quickly obsolete. This provocative work, on the other hand, focuses on overarching themes that will remain relevant for the long term. The insights it shares will highlight the tremendous impact of the Internet on modern civilization—and individual lives—well after specific players and sites have fallen out of favor.

Content is presented in two volumes. The first emphasizes the positive impact of Internet culture—for example, 24-hour access to information, music, books, merchandise, employment opportunities, and even romance. The second discusses the Internet's darker consequences, such as a demand for instant news that often pushes journalists to prioritize being first over being right, online scams, and invasions of privacy that can affect anyone who banks, shops, pays bills, or posts online. Readers of the set will clearly understand how the Internet has revolutionized communications and redefined human interaction, coming away with a unique appreciation of the realities of today's digital world—for better and for worse."

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À propos de l'auteur

Danielle Sarver Coombs, PhD, is associate director and associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University.

Simon Collister is senior lecturer in the School of Media at London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1440801231
ISBN 13 
9781440801235
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
671
Éditeur
Coombs Danielle Sarver, Collister Simon
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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