Network Society

The Network Society is a comprehensive guide to the past, consequences, and future of digital communication, exploring the rise of the 'data economy', the importance of artificial intelligence, big data, robotics, Internet platforms, disinformation, and fake news. It is essential for digital and new media students seeking to understand a diverse, fast-moving field.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 19 October 2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

The Network Society is a comprehensive and engaging guide to the past, consequences, and future of digital communication, serving as an essential introduction to the workings of new media in contemporary society. This fourth edition seamlessly integrates face-to-face and online communication, delving into crucial new issues and challenges within the ever-evolving digital media ecosystem. By examining the central role of power in understanding life in the network society, it explores the rise of the 'data economy,' the increasing significance of artificial intelligence, the proliferation of big data and robotics, the growth of Internet platforms, and the need for effective regulation of big tech. Additionally, the book provides updated coverage of disinformation and fake news, including deep fake videos, and sheds light on the evolving digital youth culture, serving as a foreshadowing of future new media usage. Packed with examples, cases, and real-world applications, this textbook is an indispensable resource for digital and new media students seeking to gain a deep understanding of this diverse and rapidly evolving field.

Weight: 812g
Dimension: 176 x 250 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526498199
Edition number: 4 Revised edition