This is such a thoroughly researched book. I absolutely admire Castells and his work in developing and analyzing the network society. A must read for anyone interested in researching the media landscape, identity politics in the digital age, and the digitalization of social movements.

ini buku jilid keduanya.
yang jilid pertama gak baca :-)
dulu kenal castells karena komporan pak bangun untuk buku castells yang lain: "urban questions".
lalu, buku ini beli untuk perpustakaan [dan saya nebeng baca] karena tertarik tajuk-tajuk yang mengisinya, yakni tentang konstruksi identitas dan gerakan-gerakan sosial yang diakibatkannya. termasuk adalah gerakan fundamentalisme di banyak agama.

While I agree with many things Prof Castells says, I find many of his arguments tangential at best. He tends to rely on the anecdote a little too much in this book - and perhaps on small sample research (for some of his more interesting claims - especially towards sexuality and gender).

The scope of the book is ambitious to say the least, sadly he has fallen into a trap mostly reserved for economists - namely making rash statements about the world without really going too deep into the information he is standing upon.

Read half-and-half with my classmate. Even the half of it almost killed me. The book would be only half of its length if he didn't repeat the same stuff over and over again.