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Virtual Society?: Technology, Cyberbole, Reality

Virtual Society?: Technology, Cyberbole, Reality

By Steve Woolgar

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This book investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). All aspects of our social, cultural, economic, and political life stand to be affected by their continued massive growth, but are fundamental shifts already taking place in the way in which we behave, organize, and interact as a direct result of the new technologies.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publish Date: 02/06/2003
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780199248766
ISBN-10: 0199248761
Language: English

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This book investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). All aspects of our social, cultural, economic, and political life stand to be affected by their continued massive growth, but are fundamental shifts already taking place in the way in which we behave, organize, and interact as a direct result of the new technologies? The contributors to the volume argue that their transformative effects amount to our transition to a virtual society.

About the Author

Steve Woolgar was Professor of Sociology, Head of the Department of Human Sciences, and Director of CRICT (Centre for Research into Innovation, Culture and Technology) until 2000.

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