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Social Theory and Communication Technology

Social Theory and Communication Technology

The essays in this book address theoretical contributions aimed at the understanding of modern society inhabited by a wide range of new media. The text suggests a “structural hermeneutic” – a view on the public as agents embedded in their lifeworlds (rather than as consumers and receivers), who play a large part in reproducing structural and distanciated processes of meaning. The essays explore the implications of daily digital practices.