Community in the Digital Age

Philosophy and Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

Is the Internet the key to a reinvigorated public life? Or will it fragment society by enabling citizens to associate only with like-minded others? Online community has provided social researchers with insights into our evolving social life. As suburbanization and the breakdown of the extended family and neighborhood isolate individuals more and more, the Internet appears as a possible source for reconnection. Are virtual communities 'real' enough to support the kind of personal commitment and growth we associate with community life, or are they fragile and ultimately unsatisfying substitutes for human interaction? Community in the Digital Age features the latest, most challenging work in an important and fast-changing field, providing a forum for some of the leading North American social scientists and philosophers concerned with the social and political implications of this new technology. Their provocative arguments touch on all sides of the debate surrounding the Internet, community, and democracy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-07-19
Mått:229 x 154 x 17 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742529595

Utforska kategorier

Naturvetenskap:allmänt inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Andrew Feenberg is the Canada Research Chair in the Philosophy of Technology at Simon Fraser University. Darin Barney is assistant professor of communication at McGill University.

Recensioner i media

A stimulating contribution from many of the world's leading commentators to the controversies surrounding the social, political, and cultural importance of online community networks.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 3 1 Consumers or Citizens? The Online Community DebatePart 4 Part I: The Question of Community and Digital TechnologyChapter 5 2 The Vanishing Table, or Community in a World That is No WorldChapter 6 3 Is the Internet the Solution to the Problem of Community?Chapter 7 4 Nihilism on the Information Highway: Anonymity versus commitment in the Present AgeChapter 8 5 Workers as Cyborgs: Labor and Networked ComputersChapter 9 6 Our Split ScreensPart 10 Part II Observing Online CommunitiesChapter 11 7 Virtual Togetherness: An Everyday Life PerspectiveChapter 12 8 Gender and the Commodification of Community: Women.com and gURL.comChapter 13 9 Ethics on the Internet: A Comparative Study of Japan, the United States, and SingaporePart 14 Part III The Democratic Potential of the InternetChapter 15 10 Virtually Democratic: Online Communities and Internet ActivismChapter 16 11 The Practical Republic: Social Skills and the Progress of CitizenshipChapter 17 12 On Virtual, Democratic CommunitiesChapter 18 13 The Internet and Political Transformation RevisitedChapter 19 14 Towards Civic Intelligence: Building a New Sociotechnological Infrastructure