The Internet in Everyday Life is the first book to systematically investigate how being online fits into people's everyday lives.

• Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet.


• Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world.


• Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area.


• Studies are based on empirical data.


• Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or...

The Internet in Everyday Life is the first book to systematically investigate how being online fits into people's everyday lives.

• Opens up a new line of inquiry into the social effects of the Internet.


• Focuses on how the Internet fits into everyday lives, rather than considering it as an alternate world.


• Chapters are contributed by leading researchers in the area.


• Studies are based on empirical data.


• Talks about the reality of being online now, not hopes or...

Networks in the Global Village examines how people live through personal communities: their networks of friends, neighbors, relatives, and coworkers. It is the first book to compare the communities of people around the world. Major social differences between and within the First, Second, and Third Worlds affect the opportunities and insecurities with which individuals and households must deal, the supportive resources they seek, and the ways in which markets, institutions, and networks structure access to these resources. Each article written by a resident shows how living in a country...