Contemporary culture offer contradictory views of the internet and new media technologies, painting them in extremes of optimistic enthusiasm and pessimistic concern. This book explores such representations, uncovering the roots of our cultural responses to the internet, centred upon a profoundly ambivalent reaction to technological modernity.
| ISBN: | 9781349493562 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2014 |
| Author: | M Yar |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Pivot an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 114 pages |
| Genres: |
Social groups: religious groups and communities Cultural studies Media studies Sociology Crime and criminology Regional / International studies |