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Article: The Internet in Everyday Life.(Book Review)
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- Social Forces
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- March 1, 2004
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The Internet in Everyday Life. Edited by Barry Wellman and Caroline Haythornthwaite. Blackwell, 2002.588 pp. Cloth, $66.95; paper, $29.95.
While the popular media continues to focus disproportionately on wired weirdness--the offbeat and the faddish--social scientists have been chipping away at the early myths and misconceptions about the so-called virtual world. Indeed, a central finding has been that most online activities are highly integrated into other daily activities, not an escape into some different world.
The nineteen studies in The Internet in Everyday Life, along with an excellent introduction by editors Barry Wellman and Caroline ...