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[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and … Mehr…

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new information and communication technologies. In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new ICTs. Fuchs highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society. Table of contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Self-Organization and Co-operation 2.1. Characteristics of Self-organizing Systems 2.2. Self-Organization and Dialectical Philosophy 2.3. Self-Organization as Ideology: Hayeks Theory of Competition 2.4. An Alternative: Self-Organization in Society as Human Co-operation 2.5. Conclusion 3. Society and Dynamic Social Theory 3.1. Anti-Luhmann: Niklas Luhmanns Revolution in Social Science? 3.2. Humans and Society 3.3. The Self-Organization of Social Systems 3.4. Dialectics and Evolution 3.5. Society as Dynamic System 3.6. Modern Society as Dynamic System 3.6.1. Capital Accumulation and Competition in the Modern Economic System 3.6.2. Capital Accumulation and Competition in the Modern Political System 3.6.3. Capital Accumulation and Competition in the Modern Cultural System 3.6.4. Implications of Competition and Accumulation for the Ecosphere and the Technosphere 3.7. Conclusion 4. The Rise of Transnational Informational Capitalism 4.1. Conceptualizing Contemporary Society 4.2. The Rise of Transnational Informational/Network Capitalism 4.3. Conclusion: Co-operation and Competition in Transnational Network -Capitalism 5. Social Internet Dynamics 5.1. The Internet as a Dynamic Techno-Social System 5.2. Web 1.0 as Dynamic Techno-Social System 5.3. The Rise of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0: Communication and Co-operation Online 5.4. Virtual Reality and Cyberspace 5.5. Conclusion 6. Competition and Co-operation in the Informational Ecology 6.1. ICTs and Transport 6.2. A Weightless Economy? 6.3. Virtual Products as a Foundation of a Sustainable Society? 6.4. Conclusion 7. Competition and Co-operation in the Internet Economy 7.1. The "Network Enterprise": Co-operation as Ideology 7.1.1. Corporations and Team Work 7.1.2. Transnational Corporations: Co-operation for Competition and Profit 7.2. Informational Capitalism: Commodity- or Gift-Economy? 7.2.1. Co-operation in the Internet Economy: Open Source and the Informational Gift Economy 7.2.2. Competition in the Internet Economy: Informational Monopolies 7.2.3. The Gift Commodity Internet Economy: Strategies of Accumulation in Informational Capitalism 7.3. Class Competition in Informational Capitalism 7.3.1. Knowledge Labor as Non-Class 7.3.2. Knowledge Labor as Class 7.4. Conclusion 8. Competition and Co-operation in Online Politics 8.1. Digital Exclusion: Digital Divides 8.2. Digital Inclusion: eParticipation as Grassroots Digital Democracy 8.2.1. Democracy and Participation 8.2.2. eParticipation and 3 Concepts of Digital Democracy 8.2.2.1. Representative Digital Democracy 8.2.2.2. Plebiscitary Digital Democracy 8.2.2.3. eParticipation: Grassroots Digital Democracy 8.3. The Absolute Violence of Competition in the Information Age: Information Warfare 8.3.1. What is War? 8.3.2. War, Technology, and Spatio-Temporal Distanciation 8.3.3. Information War 8.3.3.1. Cognitive Information War: Media Manipulation 8.3.3.2. Communicative Information War 8.3.3.3. Co-operative Information War: Netwar 8.4. Competition by Control: The Rise of Electronic Surveillance 8.4.1. Electronic Surveillance Defined 8.4.2. Electronic Surveillance: Foucault and Orwell 8.4.3. Privacy and Electronic Surveillance after 9/11 8.5. Co-operating Social Movements Online: Cyberprotest 8.5.1. The Self-Organization of Cyberprotest 8.5.2. Cognitive Cyberprotest: Alternative Online-Media 8.5.3. Communicative Cyberprotest: Online Protest Communication 8.5.4. Co-operative Cyberprotest: Online Protest and Electronic Civil Disobedience 8.5.5. Cyberprotest and Rhizomes 8.5.6. Networking Protest for Co-operation: The Movement for Democratic Globalization 8.6. Conclusion 9. Competition and Co-operation in Cyberculture 9.1. Cyberculture Defined 9.2. Virtual Communities 9.2.1. What is a Community? 9.2.2. A Dialectical Notion of Virtual Community 9.2.3. Wikipedia as an Example of Co-operation in a Self-Organizing Virtual Community 9.2.4. Identity in Virtual Community 9.2.5. Mobile Virtual Communities 9.3. Cyberculture: Socialization or Alienation? 9.3.1. Socialized Cyberculture 9.3.2. Alienated Cyberculture 9.3.3. What To Make Of The Results of Cyberculture Studies? 9.4. Conclusion 10. Conclusion References Index 16 Tables, black and white 19 Illustrations, black and white Versandfertig in 3-4 Wochen, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten)<

ISBN: 9780415961325

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social the… Mehr…

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new ICTs. Fuchs highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society. | Internet and Society by Christian Fuchs Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Electronics > Computers P10116, Christian Fuchs<

ISBN: 9780415961325

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political and cultural… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new information and communication technologies., Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Sociology, Social Theory, Computing: General, Ethical & Social Aspects Of Computing, Internet Guides & Online Services, Information Retrieval, Computer Science<

ISBN: 9780415961325

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political and cultural… Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, this book demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new information and communication technologies., Ethical & Social Aspects Of Computing<

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