Chayko, Mary, 1960-

Superconnected : the internet, digital media, and techno-social life Mary Chayko - 2nd ed. - Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., c2018. - x, 270 p. ; 23 cm.

Revised edition of the author's Superconnected, [2017]



About the author -- Superconnectedness -- Creating the internet age -- Inhabiting a digital environment -- Sharing and surveillance -- Global impacts and inequalities -- Techno-socialization and the self -- Friending, dating, and relating -- The techno-social institutions -- More benefits and hazards of 24/7 super-connectedness -- Our superconnected future -- References -- Further readings -- Index.

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 enters the picture.

9781506394855

2017033031


Information technology--Social aspects
Internet--Social aspects
Digital media
Information society

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