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02528aam a2200397 i 4500 001 B3D23FA06B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 140303s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014005851 020 $a 1433122715 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781433122712 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1433122723 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781433122729 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)871965567 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d GTA $d CDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HN90 I56 G73 2014 100 1 $a Graham, Roderick, $d 1975- 245 14 $a The digital practices of African Americans : $b an approach to studying cultural change in the information society / $c Roderick Graham. 264 1 $a New York : $b Peter Lang, $c [2014] 300 $a 164 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Digital formations, $x 1526-3169 ; $v vol. 90 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and index. 505 0 $a The information society -- The digital divide -- The digital practice perspective -- The digital practice of weak tie development -- The digital practice of maintaining family ties via mobile phone -- the digital practice of maintaining digital enclaves -- The digital practice perspective and social policy: improving the social, cultural, and civic quality of the digital environment -- Conclusion: Smart mobs, flash mobs, flash robs and the revolutionary potential of the digital environment. 520 $a This book uses three case studies to discuss the impact of social networking sites on racial identity formation and how the internet impacts the accumulation of social and cultural capital. The book argues that the lenses through which scholars and society's leaders think about new technology places too much emphasis on the technology and economic aspects of ICTs (information and communication technologies) and not enough on the impact of ICTs on soical processes at the everyday level. -- Publisher description 650 0 $a Information technology $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Social life and customs. 650 0 $a Internet users $z United States. 650 0 $a Information society $z United States. 830 0 $a Digital formations ; $v v. 90. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202015854.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B3D23FA06B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search