The Internet Galaxy

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'Castells is the nearest thing the internet has to a founding philosopher One of Castells' great strengths is his ability to combine academic rigour with
an appetite to engage with current social and economic trends----As a result
his writing combines a sense of excitement and energy, with the sage judgment needed to resist glib simplifications and address the complex factors driving the internet.' Financial Times
'A superb guide to the workings of the internet and its wider implications____
[Castells] brings a sociologist's understanding of the importance of culture in business to his analysis of the internet stands supreme as a wise and insightful guide to the web.' Management Today
'A compelling analysis of the influence of the Internet Castells addresses the network society from a rich set of perspectives, taking into account both social and economic theory' Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
The Web has been with us for... Tovább

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'Castells is the nearest thing the internet has to a founding philosopher One of Castells' great strengths is his ability to combine academic rigour with
an appetite to engage with current social and economic trends----As a result
his writing combines a sense of excitement and energy, with the sage judgment needed to resist glib simplifications and address the complex factors driving the internet.' Financial Times
'A superb guide to the workings of the internet and its wider implications____
[Castells] brings a sociologist's understanding of the importance of culture in business to his analysis of the internet stands supreme as a wise and insightful guide to the web.' Management Today
'A compelling analysis of the influence of the Internet Castells addresses the network society from a rich set of perspectives, taking into account both social and economic theory' Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
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.
This indispensable book, written by the leading analyst in the field, draws upon an extraordinary range of detailed evidence and research to answer questions of relevance to us all, such as: How has the Internet affected social and cultural organization, political participation and communication, and urban living? How is it shaping old and new business organizations? What are the realities of the digital divide? Manuel Castells helps us to understand what is happening and how the Internet has become the medium of the new network society.
Manuel Castells is Professor of Sociology, and Professor of City & Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Professor at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universität Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona. Among his twenty-five books, his trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture (1996-2000) has been translated into eighteen languages. The Internet Galaxy, published in October 2001, is translated into eleven languages.
Cover illustration: An Internet map, as of 2000, which was created using special software, written by Hal Burch and Bill Cheswick, showing the shortest outgoing routes for data packets recorded from a test computer in the US, to each of over 100,000 registered or announced nets on the Internet. The lines branch at each network switch or router along the way. The colours highlight the geographical and commercial distribution of the various networks. Patent Pending & Copyright © Lumeta Corporation 2000. All Rights Reserved. Vissza