Advanced Introduction to DIGITAL SOCIETY
Genre:
Society, Current Issues
Author:
Manuel Castells
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing
Language:
English
AUTHOR BIO:
Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society, University of Southern California, US, is a leading scholar on globalization, network society, and internet studies.
Pages:
168
Publication:
2024
Rights available:
All except sold
DESCRIPTION:
This essential book documents the current configuration of digital society worldwide and examines its social, economic, political and cultural consequences. Presenting state-of-the-art empirical analysis and academic research, preeminent author Manuel Castells explores the profound impact that technology and digital transformation continues to have on the world as we know it.
Contents:
1. Introduction: a digital society
2. We communicate, therefore we are
3. End of privacy? The Surveillance State and informational capitalism
4. The digitalization of financial markets: from derivatives to cryptocurrencies
5. Teleworking and the networked metropolis
6. Human learning, computer learning, AI learning
7. Digital divides: territory, gender, age, class, ethnicity, cultures
8. Networked social movements
9. Social media and political polarization
10. War and peace in the time of digital machines
11. Conclusion: the digital society and the network society
REVIEWS:
‘In this precisely argued, expansive book, Castells demonstrates once again his deep understanding of the complex relationships between technology, power, and inequality. This is essential reading not only for those who study the digital world, but for all who rely on it, either knowingly or not. A must-read!’ – Sarah Banet-Weiser, Walter H. Annenberg Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania ‘Over four decades, Manuel Castells has analyzed the evolving technical, economic, social, power, and moral aspects of the information society. His new book Advanced Introduction to Digital Society is the most important of these efforts because of the manifest challenges currently facing society. As always, Castells includes extensive data and results of professional qualit...
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