| Virtual Society?: Technology, Cyberbole, Reality Contributor(s): Woolgar, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199248761 ISBN-13: 9780199248766 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: This book investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). All aspects of our social, cultural, economic, and political life stand to be affected by their continued massive growth, but are fundamental shifts already taking place in the way in which we behave, organize, and interact as a direct result of the new technologies? The contributors to the volume argue that their transformative effects amount to our transition to a virtual society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Business & Economics | Information Management |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2002074289 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.26" W x 9.56" (1.16 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). All aspects of our social, cultural, economic, and political life stand to be affected by their continued massive growth, but are fundamental shifts already taking place in the way in which we behave, organize, and interact as a direct result of the new technologies? The contributors to the volume argue that their transformative effects amount to our transition to a virtual society. |
