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Here Comes Everybodyby Clay Shirky
Penguin Group Inc. 2009; US$ 12.99A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound long-term economic and social effects-for good and for ill A handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other online and collaborate on the most radical improvement in kite design in decades. A midwestern professor of Middle Eastern history starts a blog after 9/11 that becomes essential reading for journalists covering the Iraq war. Activists use the Internet and e-mail to bring offensive comments made by Trent Lott and Don Imus to a wide public and hound them from their positions. A few people find that a world-class online encyclopedia... more...
Networks, Crowds, and Marketsby David Easley; Jon Kleinberg
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 40.00Reveals the interdisciplinary field of networks, which changes how we look at social, financial and technological interactions in modern society. more...
Hamlet's BlackBerryby William Powers
HarperCollins 2010; US$ 9.99A crisp, passionately argued answer to the question that everyone who's grown dependent on digital devices is asking: "Where's the rest of my life?" At a time when we're all trying to make sense of our relentlessly connected lives, this revelatory book presents a bold new approach to the digital age. Part intellectual journey, part memoir, Hamlet's BlackBerry sets out to solve what William Powers calls the conundrum of connectedness. Our computers and mobile devices do wonderful things for us. But they also impose an enormous burden, making it harder for us to focus, do our best work, build strong relationships, and find the depth and fulfillment we crave. Hamlet's BlackBerry argues that we need a new way of thinking, an... more...
On the Internetby Hubert Dreyfus
Routledge 2001; US$ 17.95From Plato to Kierkegaard, this is one of the first books to bring philosophical insight to the debate on how far the internet can take us. Essential reading for all those on line, or interested in our place in the e-revolution. more...
Sociology of Progressby Leslie Sklair
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95Dr. Leslie Sklair is a Reader in Sociology at LSE. His thesis, Sociology of Progress, was published by Routledge in 1970. more...
Grasping the Changing Worldby Vaclav Hubinger
Routledge 1996; US$ 41.95Resulting from the EASA conference in Prague, this book addresses the crises of identity, purpose and interest in the changing world and examines how social anthropology must update its methodology when applied to comparisons across space and time. more...
Virtual Globalizationby David Holmes
Routledge 2001; US$ 193.00This book examines the interrelationship between telecommunications and tourism in shaping the nature of space, place and the urban at the end of the twentieth century. more...
Culture and Politics in the Information Ageby Frank Webster
Routledge 2001; US$ 52.95This book will be invaluable reading for students in areas including Politics, Communications and IT, Sociology and Cultural Studies. more...
Technology and In/equalityby Sally Wyatt; Flis Henwood; Nod Miller; Peter Senker
Routledge 2000; US$ 51.95This text explores the relationship between technology and inequality through social and cultural theory and case studies of the application of ICTs, in particular in media, education and training. more...
Introduction to Cybercultureby David Bell
Routledge 2001; US$ 33.95A companion volume to The Cybercultures Reader , An Introduction to Cyberculture introduces students to all the major themes and concepts in this rapidly-growing field. more...