SYNOPSIS

Most accounts of, and predictions about, new communications technology in society have come from either computer science or the humanities. Here social scientists weigh in, many citing systematically collected data to investigate how people and groups use information and communication technologies, and the meaning these devices and processes have for them. The 23 essays have been selected and revised from presentations to an April 2001 conference at Rutgers University. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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