Social Theory and Communication Technology

ISBN-13: 9781138742963 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 222 str.

Terje Rasmussen

Opis

This title was first published in 2001. An investigation of new forms of interaction and communication. The essays address theoretical contributions and insights which may assist us in the understanding of modern society inhabited by a wide range of new media.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: New Media Theory.  2. Structuration Theory and the New Media: Insights and Problems.  3. Habermas' Critical Theory of Modernity: Insights and Problems.  4. Social Action in a Digital World.  5. New Media and the Contexts of Daily Life.  6. The New Risks: Digital Disembedding and Reembedding.  7. New Media and the Social Integration of Society.

O autorze

Terje Rasmussen is Professor of Media Studies at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway. His books in English include Social Theory and Communication Technology and Digital Media Revisited: Theoretical and Conceptual Innovations in Digital Domains (with Gunnar Liestol and Andrew Morrison).