eBook - ePub

The Network Society

Name: The Network Society
ISBN: 9781529737219

Jan van Dijk,

Author,

384 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

The Network Society

Jan van Dijk,

Author,

About this book

The Network Society is a clear, engaging guide to the past, consequences and future of digital communication, and forms a comprehensive introduction to how new media functions in contemporary society.

Integrating both face-to-face and online communication, the fourth edition explores crucial new issues and challenges in today's digital media ecology, in doing so exploring the centrality of power to understanding life in the network society. Featuring:

The rise of the 'data economy'
The increasing importance of artificial intelligence. big data and robotics
The growth of Internet platforms and how to regulate big tech.
New coverage of disinformation and fake news, including deep fake videos
Updates to the story of digital youth culture, as a foreshadow of future new media use

With examples, cases and real-world applications, this is the essential guide for digital and new media students seeking to understand a diverse, fast-moving field.

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