The Internet in Everyday Life [Paperback]

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• Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet.
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• Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world.
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• Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area.
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• Studies are based on empirical data.
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• Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or fears about the future effects of the Internet.

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Foreword: The Virtual Community in the Real World. (Howard Rheingold).

Series Editor's Preface: The Internet and the Network Society . (Manuel Castells).

Introduction: The Internet in Everyday Life. (Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman).

Part I: Moving The Internet Out Of Cyberspace.

The internet in Everyday Life: An Introduction. (Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman).

Part II: The Place Of The Internet In Everyday Life.

1. Days and Nights on the Internet. (Philip Howard, Lee Rainie, and Steve Jones).

2 The Global Villagers: Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World. (Wenhong Chen, Jeffrey Boase and Barry Wellman).

3 Syntopia: Access, Civic Involvement and Social Interaction on the Net. (James Katz and Ronald Rice).lcG