Social Theory after the Internet

The internet has fundamentally transformed society in the past 25 years, yet existing theories of mass or interpersonal communication do not work well in understanding a digital world. Nor has this understanding been helped by disciplinary specialization and a continual focus on the latest innovatio...

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1. autor: Schroeder, Ralph
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Social Theory after the Internet
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China
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Google
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Twitter
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