Far-reaching analysis by the author of the Information Age trilogy ( The Rise of the Network Society, not reviewed, etc.) of the Internet’s birth and its impact on a range of human activities, including business, social relationships, and politics. Castells (Planning and Sociology/Univ. Of California, Berkeley) begins his study by looking at the creation of the Internet, developed not by business but in government institutions, universities, think tanks, and research centers: environments that fostered freedom of thinking and innovation. Its origins, he points out, are what have given the Internet its most distinctive features, openness in technical architecture and social forms and uses, and business built upon these features when it became the driving force behind the Internet’s rapid expansion in the 1990s. Castells examines the new economy in some detail, looking at the relationship between the Internet and capital markets, changes in employment practices, and networking as a management tool. With a new economy based on the culture of innovation, risk, and expectations, Castells sees the emergence of a new kind of business cycle characterized by volatile, information-driven financial markets.

The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the. Internet, Business, and Society. Posted on February 1, 2002 by Editor by Manuel Castells. Oxford University Press, 2001,.

Turning to the impact of the Internet on social relationships, he notes a new pattern of sociability, “networked individualism,” in which individuals build their networks on- and offline on the basis of values, interests, and projects. Castells observes that while the Internet has the potential to strengthen democracy through broadening the sources of information and enabling greater citizenship participation, it has at the same time contributed greatly to the politics of scandal. He also looks at unresolved issues of privacy and security, describing the Internet as “contested terrain, where the new, fundamental battle for freedom in the Information Age is being fought.” In his sobering final chapter, the author studies the divide between peoples and regions that operate in the digital world and those that cannot.

Absorbing history—but, with the jargon of academic sociology, an arduous read.

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The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary - instigating and enabling changes in virtually every area of human activity and society. We have new systems of communication, new businesses, new media and sources of information, new forms of political and cultural expression, new forms of teaching and learning, and new communities. But how much do we know about the Internet - its history, its technology, its culture, and its uses? What are its implications for the business world and society at large? The diffusion has been so rapid that it has outpaced the capacity for well-grounded analysis.

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Soem say everything will change, others that little will change. Manuel Castells is widely regarded as the leading analyst of the Information Age and the Network Society.

In addition to his academic work, he acts as adviser at the highest international levels. In this short, accessible, and informative book, he brings his experience and knowledge to bear on the Internet Galaxy.

How did it all begin? What are the cultures that make up and contest the Internet? How is it shaping the new business organization and re-shaping older business organizations? What are the realities of the digital divide?

How has the Internet affected social and cultural organization, political participation and communication, and urban living? These are just some of the questions addressed in this much needed book. Castells avoids any predictions or prescriptions - there have been enough of those - but instead draws on an extraordinary range of detailed evidence and research to describe what is happening, and to help us understand how the Internet has become the medium of the new network society. 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. A very readable and stimulating book. - Professor Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio 4 'Thinking Allowed' [An] excellent, readable, nontechnical summary of the history, social implications and likely future of Internet business.

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