Society and the Internet How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives

How is society being reshaped by the continued diffusion and increasing centrality of the Internet in everyday life and work? Society and the Internet provides key readings for students, scholars, and those interested in understanding the interactions of the Internet and society. This multidisciplinary collection of theoretically and empirically anchored chapters addresses the big questions about one of the most significant technological transformations of this century, through a diversity of data, methods, theories, and approaches.

Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives, Internet research can address core questions about equality, voice, knowledge, participation, and power. By learning from the past and continuing to look toward the future, it can provide a better understanding of what the ever-changing configurations of technology and society mean, both for the everyday life of individuals and for the continued development of society at large.

This second edition presents new and original contributions examining the escalating concerns around social media, disinformation, big data, and privacy. Following a foreword by Manual Castells, the editors introduce some of the key issues in Internet Studies. The chapters then offer the latest research in five focused sections: The Internet in Everyday Life; Digital Rights and Human Rights; Networked Ideas, Politics, and Governance; Networked Businesses, Industries, and Economics; and Technological and Regulatory Histories and Futures. This book will be a valuable resource not only for students and researchers, but for anyone seeking a critical examination of the economic, social, and political factors shaping the Internet and its impact on society.

Mark Graham, Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute, Unviersity of Oxford,William H. Dutton, Senior Fellow, Oxford Internet Institut, University of Oxford

Mark Graham is Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. He is also a Faculty Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, a Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, a Research Affiliate in the University of Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Information Technology and National Development at the University of Cape Town. His research spans topics between digital labour, the gig economy, internet geographies, and ICTs and development.

William H. Dutton is Emeritus Professor at the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. He is also Senior Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), an Oxford Martin Fellow supporting the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre at the University of Oxford, and Visiting Professor in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds. He was founding director of the OII, and a Fellow of Balliol College, until appointment as the Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at MSU, where he served as Director of the James H. Quello Center until 2018.

Foreword Manuel Castells
Introduction Mark Graham and William H. Dutton
Part I: The Internet and Everyday Life
1. The Internet in Daily Life: The Turn to Networked Individualism, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman
2. Internet Memes and the Twofold Articulation of Values, Limor Shifman
3. Internet Geographies: Data Shadows and Digital Divisions of Labor, Mark Graham, Sanna Ojanpera, and Martin Dittus
4. Internet Cultures and Digital Inequalities, Bianca C. Reisdorf, Grant Blank, and William H. Dutton
5. Older Adults on Digital Media in a Networked Society: Enhancing and Updating Social Connections, Anabel Quan-Haase, Renwen Zhang, Barry Wellman, and Hua Wang
6. Internet Skills and Why They Matter, Eszter Hargittai and Maria Micheli
Part II: Digital Rights, Human Rights
7. Gender and Race in the Gaming World, Lisa Nakamura
8. Data Protection in the Clouds, Christopher Millard
9. Building the Cybersecurity Capacity of Nations, Sadie Creese, Ruth Shillair, Maria Bada, and William H. Dutton
10. Big Data: Marx, Hayek, and Weber in a Data-Driven World, Ralph Schroeder
Part III: Networked Ideas, Politics, and Governance
11. Political Turbulence: How Social Media Shapes Collective Action, Helen Margetts, Scott Hale, and Peter John
12. Social Media and Democracy in Crisis, Philip N. Howard and Samantha Bradshaw
13. The Internet and Access to Information About Politics: Searching Through Filter Bubbles, Echo Chambers, and Disinformation, William H. Dutton, Bianca C. Reisdorf, Grant Blank, Elizabeth Dubois, and Laleah Fernandez
14. Digital News and the Consumption of Political Information, Silvia Majo-Vazquez and Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon
Part IV: Networked Businesses, Industries, and Economics
15. The Internet at the Global Economic Margins, Mark Graham
16. The Political Economy of Digital Health, Gina Neff
17. The Platformization of Society and its Discontents, Antonio A. Casilli and Julian Posada
18. Scarcity of Attention for a Medium of Abundance: An Economic Perspective, Greg Taylor
19. Incentives to Share in the Digital Economy, Matthew David
Part V: Technological and Regulatory Histories and Futures
20. Three Phases in the Development of China's Network Society, Jack Linchuan Qiu
21. The Politics of Children's Internet Use, Victoria Nash
22. Looking Ahead at Internet Video and its Societal Impacts, Eli Noam
23. The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance, Laura DeNardis
24. The Unfinished Work of the Internet, David Bray and Vinton Cerf