Download or read book Virtual Society? written by Steve Woolgar and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). Are fundamental shifts already taking place in the way in which we behave, organize, and interact as a direct result of their implementation? Providing a comprehensive set of detailed empirical studies of the genesis and use of these new technologies, the book also presents some surprising counterintuitive results