Title: The Internet, Power and Society: Rethinking the Power of the Internet to Change Lives
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1843344521
ISBN 13: 9781843344520
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 348 grams

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An exciting challenge to how the internet and ICT have been understood in academia and popular culture and shows how important ‘cultural’ assumptions are in how we understand technology. The Internet, Power and Society argues that the way in which we view technology such as the internet owes much to older, historic views of the media and to ‘issues’ in contemporary society. Such perspectives are deeply rooted in a Western view of technology and the book concludes by offering a radically new perspective as to how the internet can change a society that is truly global in its application.

An original approach to ICT and the Internet that challenges the orthodoxy
Very topical subject matter - the book addresses many of the issues regarded of key import in high level political discussions (such as the World Summit on the Information Society); the current understanding of ICT and how to move beyond this interpretation
An approach that moves the debate forward and offers a truly global way of understanding the Internet and ICT

About the Author

Dr Marcus Leaning is a senior lecturer in digital media at Trinity College, Carmarthen, University of Wales. He has given numerous international lectures and conference presentations, was a visiting research fellow at Hokkaido University in Japan, and has published numerous academic papers and popular articles on the Internet and its role in social change.

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