The Network Society

Notes from Van Dijk. 2012. The Network Society, 3rd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 3 – Technology

See also Chapter 1: The Nature of Technology from Volti, Rudi. 2014. Society and Technological Change. 7th edition. New York, NY: Worth Publishers.

Technical Foundations of the Networked Society

  1. Micro-electronics:
  2. Digitization:
  3. Store and forward principle:
  4. Layered organization of networks:
  5. New Connections:

Current Technical Trends: expanding the scale and scope of networking

Networked Chapter 2: The Social Network Revolution

Networked Chapter 3: The Internet Revolution

Chapter 1: The Nature of Technology from Volti, Rudi. 2014. Society and Technological Change. 7th edition. New York, NY: Worth Publishers.

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