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Toward a Network Society

Some Reflections on Dark Sides—Figurative and Literal

Loyola Marymount University, pring{at}lmu.edu

Francesco De Leo

LUISS Guido Carli Universitá

Part I of the article offers "traditional" academic comment on what Raab and Kenis (2009) do say in their article about the topics they address. Then, in ways that radically depart from the normal academic discourse in such cases, Part II discusses some things that they do not "say" but which need to start to become an integral part of "regular" academic discourse on these kinds of topics by focusing on the "dark" sides of a society of networks—dark, figuratively, and dark, literally.

Key Words: social costs • carbon footprints • social network addicts

Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 3, 211-218 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1056492609337492


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