Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life
- ISBN-10
- 1506394841
- ISBN-13
- 9781506394848
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-12-07
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Author
- Mary Chayko
Description
What does it mean to live in a superconnected society? Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life, Second Edition brings together the latest research from many relevant fields to examine how contemporary social life is mediated by various digital technologies: the internet, social media, and mobile devices. The book explores such topics as how digital technology led to the modern information age, information sharing and surveillance, how digital media shape socialization and development of the self, digital divides that separate groups in society, and the impact of digital media across social institutions. The author’s clear, nontechnical discussions and interdisciplinary synthesis make Superconnected an essential text for any course that examines how social life is affected when information and communication technology enter the picture. Dr. Mary Chayko is a sociologist, Teaching Professor of Communication and Information, and Director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University. For more on the author and for instructor resources, visit her book blog at http://superconnectedblog.com.
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