The media in the network society

Abstract

Table of contents: 1. The multiple dimensions of the network society; 2. Societies in transition to the network society; 3. From mass to networked communication: Communicational models and the informational society; 4. A constellation of networks: Mass media, games, internet and telephones; 5. Has the internet really changed the mass media?; 6. The massification of the internet experience; 7. Media and citizenship in the network society; 8. Mediated politics: Citizens and political parties in continuous democracy; 9. Media, mobilization and protests.