Sociology in the Age of the Internet Allison Cavanagh
For the student new to the study of technology and society, there are a bewildering array of claims and counter claims, representing a spectrum of theoretical, methodological and critical sensibilities in relation to the Internet. In this new book Allison Cavanagh evaluates the work in this area by:
- Investigating the novelty of the Internet and setting the Internet in the context of communication histories
- Evaluating the extent and rate of change through a synthesis of the available empirical literature
- Providing a key to understanding the changes identified through an evaluation of the utility of new social theory