| Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice Contributor(s): Feenberg, Andrew (Editor), Barney, Darin (Editor), Agre, Phillip E. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0742529592 ISBN-13: 9780742529595 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $70.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: Community in the Digital Age features the latest, most challenging work in an important and fast-changing field, providing a forum for some of the leading North American social scientists and philosophers concerned with the social and political implications of this new technology. Their provocative arguments touch on all sides of the debate surrounding the Internet, community, and democracy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2004006821 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is the Internet the key to a reinvigorated public life? Or will it fragment society by enabling citizens to associate only with like-minded others? Online community has provided social researchers with insights into our evolving social life. As suburbanization and the breakdown of the extended family and neighborhood isolate individuals more and more, the Internet appears as a possible source for reconnection. Are virtual communities "real" enough to support the kind of personal commitment and growth we associate with community life, or are they fragile and ultimately unsatisfying substitutes for human interaction? Community in the Digital Age features the latest, most challenging work in an important and fast-changing field, providing a forum for some of the leading North American social scientists and philosophers concerned with the social and political implications of this new technology. Their provocative arguments touch on all sides of the debate surrounding the Internet, community, and democracy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bakardjieva, Maria: - Maria Bakardjieva is Professor and Chair in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of Internet Society: The Internet in Everyday Life (2005) and co-editor of three collections, most recently, Socialbots and their Friends: Digital Media and the Automation of Sociality (Routledge, 2017) with Robert Gehl. |
