Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.