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Jan A.G.M. van Dijk (1952) is emeritus professor of communication science and sociology of the information society and still working at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. His main domains of research are the social aspects of the digital media, digital democracy and the digital divide. His best known English books are The Network Society (Four Editions, Sage Publications), Digital Democracy (2000, Sage Publications), The Deepening Divide (2005, Sage Publications), Digital Skills (2014, Palgrave Macmillan), Internet and Democracy (2018, Routledge) and The Digital Divide (2020, Polity Press). Since the year 2020 he is working on an overall work called Power & Technology, combining theories of social and natural power explaining the use of technology in human history. During his long career he was an advisory of many governments and departments as well as the European Commission.
If you want to understand or teach the complex, interdisciplinary, and intriguing foundations for and social implications about one of the most significant social and technical transformations in communication history, this is the book. It is wide-ranging, integrative, literate, comprehensive, theoretical and practical, sometimes contrarian, thoughtful, encyclopedic, and moral<b><i><br /><b>Ronald E. Rice<br />Arthur N. Rupe Professor in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, University of California Santa Barbara</b>
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<p><b><i>This new edition provides deep interdisciplinary insight into the significance of new media in our lives. It outlines why we need to understand the frictions between increasingly intelligent machines and the desires of human beings. It does so with great clarity, providing a very valuable measured and critical assessment of the process of becoming a network society<b><i><br /><b>Professor Robin Mansell<br />London School of Economics and Political Science</b> </i></b></i></b></p>
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<p><b><i><b><i>Jan Van Dijk draws from multiple theoretical perspectives to characterize historical trends across many sectors of network societies. His conclusion - that the Internet and related new media amplify rather than transform an array of global trends - will inform and stimulate debate about the implications of the communication revolution. The Network Society would be an excellent text for courses on the social role of the Internet and related new media<b><i><br /><b>William H. Dutton<br />Professor of Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford</b> </i></b></i></b></i></b></p>
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<p><b><i><b><i><b><i>The core concept in this book is network 2.0. In a network 2.0 age, the Internet becomes a key channel for social networking. This book truly recognizes societal changes made by technical improvement in digital media. Each chapter is written in a clear and succinct way. It is strongly recommended as a requirement text for both researchers and policy-makers<b><i><br /><b>Han Woo Park<br /> Department of Media & Communication, YeungNam University, South Korea</b> </i></b></i></b></i></b></i></b></p>
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Fully revised, this Third Edition covers crucial new issues and updates, including:
* the long history of social media and Web 2.0: why it's not as new as we think
* digital youth culture as a foreshadow of future new media use
* the struggle for control of the internet among Microsoft, Google, Apple and Facebook
* the contribution of media networks to the current financial crisis
* complete update of the literature on the facts, theories, trends and technologies of the internet
* new features for students with boxes of chapter questions, conclusions and boxed explanations of key concepts
This book remains an accessible, comprehensive, must-read introduction to how new media function in contemporary society.
If you want to understand or teach the complex, interdisciplinary, and intriguing foundations for and social implications about one of the most significant social and technical transformations in communication history, this is the book. It is wide-ranging, integrative, literate, comprehensive, theoretical and practical, sometimes contrarian, thoughtful, encyclopedic, and moral<b><i><br /><b>Ronald E. Rice<br />Arthur N. Rupe Professor in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, University of California Santa Barbara</b>
</i></b><p></p>
<p><b><i>This new edition provides deep interdisciplinary insight into the significance of new media in our lives. It outlines why we need to understand the frictions between increasingly intelligent machines and the desires of human beings. It does so with great clarity, providing a very valuable measured and critical assessment of the process of becoming a network society<b><i><br /><b>Professor Robin Mansell<br />London School of Economics and Political Science</b> </i></b></i></b></p>
<p></p>
<p><b><i><b><i>Jan Van Dijk draws from multiple theoretical perspectives to characterize historical trends across many sectors of network societies. His conclusion - that the Internet and related new media amplify rather than transform an array of global trends - will inform and stimulate debate about the implications of the communication revolution. The Network Society would be an excellent text for courses on the social role of the Internet and related new media<b><i><br /><b>William H. Dutton<br />Professor of Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford</b> </i></b></i></b></i></b></p>
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<p><b><i><b><i><b><i>The core concept in this book is network 2.0. In a network 2.0 age, the Internet becomes a key channel for social networking. This book truly recognizes societal changes made by technical improvement in digital media. Each chapter is written in a clear and succinct way. It is strongly recommended as a requirement text for both researchers and policy-makers<b><i><br /><b>Han Woo Park<br /> Department of Media & Communication, YeungNam University, South Korea</b> </i></b></i></b></i></b></i></b></p>
<p></p>
Fully revised, this Third Edition covers crucial new issues and updates, including:
* the long history of social media and Web 2.0: why it's not as new as we think
* digital youth culture as a foreshadow of future new media use
* the struggle for control of the internet among Microsoft, Google, Apple and Facebook
* the contribution of media networks to the current financial crisis
* complete update of the literature on the facts, theories, trends and technologies of the internet
* new features for students with boxes of chapter questions, conclusions and boxed explanations of key concepts
This book remains an accessible, comprehensive, must-read introduction to how new media function in contemporary society.