Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age

by Christian Fuchs

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.

408 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2007

About the author

Christian Fuchs is a leading critical theorist of communication and society. He is a Professor at the University of Westminster, co-editor of the open access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique, and the author of Digital Demagogue (Pluto, 2018) and Social Media: A Critical Introduction (Sage, 2017) amongst other works.

Reviews

[Louis Maddox · Rating 3 out of 5]

The comparisons to complex networks was the weakest section, competition/informational/knowledge/commons discussions were the strongest. Edit: bumped down to 3 stars for talking enthusiastically about 'culturejamming'