Driven by the growth of the Internet and cyberspace, e‐commerce changes both the traditional patterns of economic transactions and the social relations embedded in social activities.

The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Digitized Lives are 9781351388740, 1351388746 and the print ISBNs are 9781138309531, 1138309532.Results indicate that third-party seal assurance, previous online experience, time spent online and gender significantly affect privacy concerns, while consumer attitudes towards relationship marketing and income were not shown to have significant impact. With the advent of smartphones, social media, and constant connectivity, our lives have become intricately intertwined with technology. Cutting through the vast—and often contradictory—literature on these topics, Reed avoids both techno-hype and techno-pessimism, offering instead succinct, witty and insightful discussions of how digital communication is impacting our lives and reshaping the major social issues of our era. In a remarkably short period of time the Internet and associated digital communication technologies have deeply changed the way millions of people around the globe live their lives.

Managers should work toward maximizing perceived benefits of consumers’ online interaction with the company, while at the same time being transparent about the gathered data and their intended purpose. It will be particularly useful to academics and postgraduate students studying social sciences such as criminology, sociology, legal studies, law, international relations, political science, and gender studies. Such an environment, not designed with a Westphalian-sense of state primacy in mind, accounts for some of the various asymmetries between offense and defense, and diffusions of power that manifest in cyber. He raises important questions about privacy, digital addiction, and the erosion of face-to-face interactions. In liberal digital culture debates, digital platforms are regarded as alternative meeting places and democratic user-friendly spaces.

Mobile and social media, new platforms and devices have altered the way we interact with digital technologies in an allegedly 'post-truth' era.