Network Society, Social Aspects of the New Media

The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic acceleration in the use, demand, and need for telecommunications, data communication, and mass communication transmitted and integrated into networks. Through a synthesis of contemporary theories about modernization, this book offers a broad-ranging introduction to the 'network' society in all its aspects.

The Network Society:

· Analyzes the new media in all their technical, economic, political, sociological, cultural and psychological aspects.

· Examines the new media in term