Social consequences of Internet use : access, involvement, and interaction

Social consequences of Internet use : access, involvement, and interaction / James E. Katz and Ronald E. Rice.

Drawing on nationally representative telephone surveys conducted from 1995 to 2000, James Katz and Ronald Rice offer a rich and nuanced picture of Internet use in America. Using quantitative data, as well as case studies of Web sites, they explore the impact of the Internet on society from three per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Katz, James Everett
Other Authors: Rice, Ronald E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Internet > Social aspects > United States.
Digital divide > United States.
Telecommunication > Social aspects > United States.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Digital divide
Internet > Social aspects
Telecommunication > Social aspects
Internet.
Sociale aspecten.
Gebruikersonderzoek.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures; Preface; 1 America and the Internet: Access, Involvement, and Social Interaction; I
  • Access; 2 Access: Basic Issues and Prior Evidence; 3 Access and Digital Divide: Results; 4 Logging Off: Internet Dropouts; 5 Access and Digital Divide Examples; II
  • Civic and Community Involvement; 6 Civic and Community Involvement: Basic Issues and Prior Evidence; 7 Political Involvement: Survey Results; 8 Community Involvement: Survey Results; 9 Involvement Examples: Evidence for an ''Invisible Mouse''?; III
  • Social Interaction and Expression.
  • 10 Social Interactio n and Expression: Basic Issues and Prior Evidence11 Social Interaction: Survey Results; 12 Interaction and Expression: Self, Identity, and Homepages; 13 Interaction and Expression Examples; IV Integration and Conclusion; 14 Access, Involvement, Interaction, and Social Capital on the Internet: Digital Divides and Digital Bridges; Appendixes; A Methodology; B Descriptive Statistics from Surveys; References; Index.

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