252 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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Web Theory is a comprehensive and critical introduction to the theories of the internet and the world wide web. Robert Burnett and P. David Marshall examine the key debates which surround internet culture, from issues of globalisation, political economy and regulation, to ideas about communication, identity and aesthetics. Web Theory explore the shifts in society, culture and the media which... Read more
1 Web of technology 2 Information and networks 3 The Web as communication 4 Webs of identity 5 The Look of the Web 6 The Web economy 7 The Web of policy, regulation and copyright 8 The Web of informational news 9 Web of entertainment
Biography
Robert Burnett is Professor of Media and Communications at Karlstad University, Sweden. He is the author of The Global Jukebox (Routledge, 1996). David Marshall is Director of the Media and Cultural Studies Centre at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of Celebrity and Power (Minnesota University Press, 1997) and Modes of Cultural Analysis (Sage).
'A clear and structured study in which theory and praxis alternate in a pleasant and well-proportioned way ... a way to extend the pleasure of exploring the Web.' - Journal of Educational Media
