How has the internet lived up to its expectations? Were our predictions on its impact accurate? Or have some of the prophecies failed to materialise?
Routledge author and editor James Curran answers these questions in his interview on the ABC series Big Ideas. He illustrates how the rise of the internet has transformed the world we live in, yet not always in the way we had expected. Listen to the full interview here.
Series: Communication and Society
The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more 1.5 billion internet users across the globe, about one quarter of the world’s population. This is certainly a new phenomenon that is of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies....
Published March 5th 2012 by Routledge
Series: Communication and Society
Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of media research. For example: How does TV entertainment contribute to the democratic life of society? Why are Americans...
Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
