Internet and Society

Social Theory in the Information Age

By Christian Fuchs

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About the Book

In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new ICTs. Fuchs highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society.

Reviews

"I think that is is a relief to read a young academic who refers to Marx and Engels...I really recommend this book and hope that also some politicians are going to read it, so we can have a more cooperative and less competitive future." -- Jesper Toekke, Cybernetics & Human Knowing, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2008

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Self-Organization and Co-Operation 3. Society and Dynamic Social Theory 4. The Rise of Transnational Informational Capitalism 5. Social Internet Dynamics 6. Competition and Co-Operation in the Informational Ecology 7. Competition and Co-Operation in the Internet Economy 8. Competition and Co-Operation in Online Politics 9. Competition and Co-Operation in Cyberculture 10. Conclusion

About the Author(s)

Christian Fuchs is assistant professor for internet and society at the ICT&S Center of the University of Salzburg. He is author of more than 60 scholarly publications, including 6 monographs (e.g. "Emanzipation! Technik und Politik bei Herbert Marcuse" (2005), "Herbert Marcuse interkulturell gelesen" (2005)) and three edited volumes.