The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

  1. Home
  5. Violence and abuse in society
  1. Home
  3. Genres
  7. Violence and abuse in society
Misunderstanding the Internet

Paperback • 2016 • English

Misunderstanding the Internet

By James Curran

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world's population. The internet's meteoric rise is a phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies. However, much popular and academic writing about the internet continues to take a celebratory view, assuming that the internet's potential will be realised in essentially positive and transformative ...Show more

Social and ethical issues
Violence and abuse in society
Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

Book details

ISBN

9781138906228

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Misunderstanding the Internet

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

Enshittification

Enshittification

Cory Doctorow

Leonardo to the Internet Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present

Leonardo to the Internet Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present

Thomas J. Misa

Geographies of the Internet

Geographies of the Internet

Barney Warf

Understanding Digital Societies

Understanding Digital Societies

Jessamy Perriam

The digital disconnect

The digital disconnect

Ellen Helsper

The Digital Disconnect The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities

The Digital Disconnect The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities

Ellen Helsper

Understanding the digital world

Understanding the digital world

Brian W.

Social Theory After the Internet

Social Theory After the Internet

Ralph Schroeder

Understanding Digital Culture

Understanding Digital Culture

Vincent Miller

Understanding Social Media

Understanding Social Media

Sam Hinton

Cybercrime and Society

Cybercrime and Society

Majid Yar

Rage Inside the Machine

Rage Inside the Machine

Robert Elliott Smith

Technically Wrong

Technically Wrong

Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Understanding New Media

Understanding New Media

Eugenia Siapera

The Power of Networks

The Power of Networks

Christopher G. Brinton

I hate the Internet

I hate the Internet

Jarett Kobek

The Ambivalent Internet

The Ambivalent Internet

Ryan M. Milner

Social Media

Social Media

Christian Fuchs

Digital Media and Society

Digital Media and Society

Simon Lindgren

Digital Sociology

Digital Sociology

Noortje Marres

Wasting Time on the Internet

Wasting Time on the Internet

Kenneth Goldsmith

The Internet is Not the Answer

The Internet is Not the Answer

Andrew Keen

Mental Health in the Digital Age

Mental Health in the Digital Age

Elias Aboujaoude

Disconnected

Disconnected

Carrie (Harvard University) James

Social media a critical introduction

Social media a critical introduction

Christian Fuchs

Alphabet to Internet

Alphabet to Internet

USA) Fang Irving (University of Minnesota

Digital Disconnect How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

Digital Disconnect How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

Robert W. McChesney

Misunderstanding the internet

Misunderstanding the internet

James (EDT) Curran

From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg What You Really Need to Know about the Internet

From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg What You Really Need to Know about the Internet

John J. Naughton

Media Technology and Society

Media Technology and Society

Brian. Winston

The Googlization of Everything

The Googlization of Everything

Siva Vaidhyanathan

The filter bubble : what the Internet is hiding from you

The filter bubble : what the Internet is hiding from you

Eli. Pariser

The Shallows How the Internet is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember

The Shallows How the Internet is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember

Nicholas G. Carr

Internet Governance Infrastructure and Institutions

Internet Governance Infrastructure and Institutions

Lee A. Bygrave

The Future of the Internet and how to Stop it

The Future of the Internet and how to Stop it

Jonathan L. Zittrain

Against the Machine Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob

Against the Machine Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob

Lee Siegel

The internet, the web, and ebusiness

The internet, the web, and ebusiness

Kai A.

The internet galaxy

The internet galaxy

Manuel Castells

A Brief History of the Future - The origins of the internet

A Brief History of the Future - The origins of the internet

John Naughton

Liberating Cyberspace Civil Liberties, Human Rights & the Internet

Liberating Cyberspace Civil Liberties, Human Rights & the Internet

Jesse Liberty