The Internet galaxy : reflections on the Internet, business, and society - Castells, Manuel (Oxford : New York : Oxford University Press, 2001)
Opening: The Network is the Message -- 1. Lessons from the History of the Internet -- 2. The Culture of the Internet -- 3. e-Business and the New Economy -- 4. Virtual Communities or Network Society? -- 5. The Politics of the Internet I: Computer Networks, Civil Society, and the State -- 6. The Politics of the Internet II: Privacy and Liberty in Cyberspace -- 7. Multimedia and the Internet: The Hypertext beyond Convergence -- 8. The Geography of the Internet: Networked Places -- 9. The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective -- Conclusion: The Challenges of the Network Society.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Information technology -- Economic aspects; Information technology -- Social aspects; Information society; Internet