<b>Internet Society investigates Internet use and its implications for society through insights into the daily experiences of ordinary users. Drawing on an original study of non-professional, 'ordinary' users at home, this book examines how people interpret, domesticate, and creatively appropriate
The Internet in Everyday Life (Information Age Series)
โ Scribed by Barry Wellman, Caroline Haythornthwaite
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 623
- Series
- Information Age Series
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The Internet in Everyday Life is the first book to systematically investigate how being online fits into people's everyday lives. Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet.Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world.Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area.Studies are based on empirical data.Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or fears about the future effects of the Internet.
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