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A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale.
The book discusses how the global economy is now characterized by the almost instantaneous flow and exchange of information, capital, and cultural communication. These flows order and condition both consumption and production. The networks themselves reflect and create distinctive cultures. Both they and the traffic they carry are largely outside national regulation. Our dependence on the new modes of informational flow gives enormous power to those in a position to control them to control us. The main political arena is now the media, and the media are not politically answerable.
Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Castells, formulates a systematic theory of the information society and details the new social and economic developments brought by the Internet and the 'new economy'.
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- Title The Rise of the Network Society
- Author Manuel Castells
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Edition with
- Pages 656
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, England
- Date 2009-08-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781405196864 / 1405196866
- Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 1.5 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 3.81 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Technology and civilization, Information society
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009009312
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.483
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd | 10 October 2009
Paperback | 656 pages
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This first book in Castells' groundbreaking trilogy, with a substantial new preface, highlights the economic and social dynamics of the information age and shows how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale. * Groundbreaking volume on the impact of the age of information on all aspects of society* Includes coverage of the influence of the internet and the net-economy* Describes the accelerating pace of innovation and social transformation* Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe