Networked Society - Darren Barney

Section: Social Sciences

Number of pages: 268 pages

The book addresses issues of the “knowledge economy”, the meaning of employment and unemployment in the digital age, globalization and the state of the nation state, new social movements, culture, community and identity in the age of new media; all in simple and clear language.

What has the digital revolution done to our world? Have new information and communication technologies created a new society? Or have they merely reinforced and expanded existing patterns and relationships? What are the social, political and economic consequences of networked technologies and their applications in a wide range of practices and institutions? The book also attempts to answer these questions, using a sophisticated and complex model of the relationship between technology and society.