Description |
1 online resource (178 pages). |
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Series |
Anthropology of Media, vol. 5
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Anthropology of media vol. 5.
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Summary |
At a critical time of democratic reform across many parts of Southeast Asia, Subang Jaya is regarded as Malaysia's electronic governance laboratory. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of residential affairs, a digitally mediated social field in which residents, civil servants, politicians, online journalists and other social agents struggle over how the locality is to be governed at the dawn of the "Information Era." Drawing on the field theories of both Pierre Bourdieu and the Manchester School of political anthropology, this study challenges the unquestioned predominance of "netwo. |
Contents |
Localizing the Internet; Contents; Preface; Photo-Essay; Chronology; Chapter 1 An Internet Field; Chapter 2 Localizing the Internet; Chapter 3 Research Setting; Chapter 4 Smarting Partners; Chapter 5 Personal Media; Chapter 6 Internet Dramas; Chapter 7 Residential Socialities; Conclusion; FAQs; References; Index. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Internet -- Malaysia.
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Internet. |
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Malaysia. |
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Internet -- Social aspects -- Malaysia -- Subang Jaya (Selangor)
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Internet -- Social aspects. |
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Malaysia -- Subang Jaya (Selangor) |
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Social sciences.
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Social sciences. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9780857451972 |
ISBN |
9780857451989 |
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0857451987 |
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0857451979 |
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9780857451972 |
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9780857451972 (alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
100572454 |
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