Social Consequences of Inteet Use:Access, Involvement, and Interaction

by: James Everett Katz (Author),Ronald E. Rice(Author)

Publisher: Mit Pr

Publication Date: 2002/9/9

Language: English

Print Length: 480 pages

ISBN-10: 0262112698

ISBN-13: 9780262112697

Book Description

Drawing on nationally representative telephone surveys conducted from 1995 to 2000, James Katz and Ronald Rice offer a rich and nuanced picture of Inteet use in America. Using quantitative data, as well as case studies of Web sites, they explore the impact of the Inteet on society from three perspectives:access to Inteet technology (the digital divide), involvement with groups and communities through the Inteet (social capital), and use of the Inteet for social interaction and expression (identity). To provide a more comprehensive account of Inteet use, the authors draw comparisons across media and include Inteet nonusers and former users in their research.The authors call their research the Syntopia Project to convey the Inteet’s role as one among a host of communication technologies as well as the synergy between people’s online activities and their real-world lives. Their major finding is that Americans use the Inteet as an extension and enhancement of their daily routines. Contrary to media sensationalism, the Inteet is neither a utopia, liberating people to form a global egalitarian community, nor a dystopia-producing armies of disembodied, lonely individuals. Like any form of communication, it is as helpful or harmful as those who use it.

About the Author

Drawing on nationally representative telephone surveys conducted from 1995 to 2000, James Katz and Ronald Rice offer a rich and nuanced picture of Inteet use in America. Using quantitative data, as well as case studies of Web sites, they explore the impact of the Inteet on society from three perspectives:access to Inteet technology (the digital divide), involvement with groups and communities through the Inteet (social capital), and use of the Inteet for social interaction and expression (identity). To provide a more comprehensive account of Inteet use, the authors draw comparisons across media and include Inteet nonusers and former users in their research.The authors call their research the Syntopia Project to convey the Inteet’s role as one among a host of communication technologies as well as the synergy between people’s online activities and their real-world lives. Their major finding is that Americans use the Inteet as an extension and enhancement of their daily routines. Contrary to media sensationalism, the Inteet is neither a utopia, liberating people to form a global egalitarian community, nor a dystopia-producing armies of disembodied, lonely individuals. Like any form of communication, it is as helpful or harmful as those who use it.

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