ISBN10: 0199255776, ISBN13: 9780199255771, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary - instigating and enabling changes in virtually every area of human activity and society. We have new systems of communication, new businesses, new media and sources of information, new forms of political and cultural expression, new forms of teaching and learning, and new communities. But how much do we know about theInternet - its history, its technology, its culture, and its uses? What are its implications for the business world and society at large? The diffusion has been so rapid that it has outpaced the capacityfor well-grounded analysis. Soem say everything will change, others that little will change.Manuel Castells is widely regarded as the leading analyst of the Information Age and the Network Society. In addition to his academic work, he acts as adviser at the highest international levels. In this short, accessible, and informative book, he brings his experience and knowledge to bear on the Internet Galaxy.How did it all begin? What are the cultures thatmake up and contest the Internet? How is it shaping the new business organization and re-shaping older business organizations? What are the realities of the digital divide? How has the Internetaffected social and cultural organization, political participation and communication, ...
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ISBN10: 0199255776, ISBN13: 9780199255771, [publisher: Oxford University Press OUP] Softcover pp. 304, 2 Maps
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]