The Internet and Social Inequalities

TRAMA

Ideal for use as a core or secondary text in lower division social inequalities or social problems courses, this book explains how the changing nature and uses of the Internet not only mirror todaya (TM)s social inequalities, but also are at the heart of how stratification is now taking place.a A pioneering work, both intellectually, and pedagogically.

SOMMARIO

1. A Sociology of the Internet 2. Internet Use Among American Adults 3. Internet Inequality Froma Conflict Perspective 4. Internet Inequality Froma Cultural Perspective 5. Internet Inequality Froma Functionalist Perspective 6. Patterns of Inequality and the Future of the Internet

AUTORE

James C. Witte (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Social Science Research at George Mason University.Witte was previously Chair of the Communication and Information Technology Section of the American Sociological Association. Susan E. Mannon (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Utah State University.She teaches and does research in the areas of social inequality and international development. Her work has appeared in Gender & Society, Human Organization, and Sociological Spectrum.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415963190
• Collana: Sociology Re-Wired
• Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 0.60 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 7 b/w images, 34 tables, 18 line drawings and Following Cities & the Creative Class
• Pagine Arabe: 182
• Pagine Romane: x