The Internet Galaxy
The Internet Galaxy
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互联网银河
DOI：
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199255771.001.0001
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
M. Castells
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作者：
M. Castells
网络已经存在了不到十年。互联网的流行和商业传播是非同寻常的--在人类活动和社会的几乎每一个领域都引发和促成了变化。我们有新的通信系统、新的商业、新的媒体和信息来源、新的政治和文化表达形式、新的教学形式和新的社区。但是，我们对互联网的历史、技术、文化和用途了解多少呢？它对商界和整个社会有什么影响？扩散速度如此之快，已经超过了有根有据的分析的能力。有些人说一切都会改变，其他人则认为几乎不会改变。曼努埃尔·卡斯特尔斯被广泛认为是信息时代和网络社会的领先分析师。除了学术工作外，他还担任国际最高级别的顾问。在这本简短、通俗易懂、内容丰富的书中，他将自己的经验和知识运用到了互联网银河中。这一切是怎么开始的？构成互联网并与之竞争的文化是什么？它如何塑造新的商业组织和重塑旧的商业组织？数字鸿沟的现实是什么？互联网对社会文化组织、政治参与和沟通以及城市生活产生了怎样的影响？这些只是这本亟需的书中涉及的一些问题。卡斯特尔斯避免任何预测或处方--已经有足够多的预测或处方--而是利用一系列非同寻常的详细证据和研究来描述正在发生的事情，并帮助我们理解互联网如何成为新的网络社会的媒介。
The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary-instigating and enabling changes in virtually every area of human activity and society. We have new systems of communication, new businesses, new media and sources of information, new forms of political and cultural expression, new forms of teaching and learning, and new communities. But how much do we know about the Internet-its history, its technology, its culture, and its uses? What are its implications for the business world and society at large? The diffusion has been so rapid that it has outpaced the capacity for well-grounded analysis. Soem say everything will change, others that little will change. Manuel Castells is widely regarded as the leading analyst of the Information Age and the Network Society. In addition to his academic work, he acts as adviser at the highest international levels. In this short, accessible, and informative book, he brings his experience and knowledge to bear on the Internet Galaxy. How did it all begin? What are the cultures that make up and contest the Internet? How is it shaping the new business organization and re-shaping older business organizations? What are the realities of the digital divide? How has the Internet affected social and cultural organization, political participation and communication, and urban living? These are just some of the questions addressed in this much needed book. Castells avoids any predictions or prescriptions-there have been enough of those-but instead draws on an extraordinary range of detailed evidence and research to describe what is happening, and to help us understand how the Internet has become the medium of the new network society.