Understanding the internet : a socio-cultural perspective / Bridgette Wessels.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.

Addressing the internet as socio-cultural forms -- The cultural history of the internet -- Cultural forms and socio-technical change -- The socio-cultural environment of the internet -- Work and the internet -- Public policy and the internet -- Exclusion, inclusion and the internet -- Culture, everyday life and the internet -- Cyber cultures and the internet -- The communication environment and the internet.

Explores how the internet is shaped and embedded within society, fostering new social worlds and ways of talking by using a wide range of examples to examine economic, political and cultural issues.