Internet and cities of Russia. Under. Ed. Kolozaridi P., Dovbysh O.

Written with the aim of critical interpretation of the Internet as simultaneously technology and sociocultural space, this book tells about the history of the development of the Internet in Russian cities. The authors who have visited research expeditions in several large and small cities discuss the significance of the Internet for local culture, business, and analyze changes in local media in the digital environment and the role of the Internet to maintain local history and identity. The book also presents the method of high -quality field study of the multi -component phenomenon of the local Internet, the methodological approaches and techniques are proposed that can be used in future research.

the book will be interesting to both scientists and students, as well as a wide audience interested in problems digitalization and internetization of life and changes associated with these processes.