History of the Internet and the Digital Future

Name: History of the Internet and the Digital Future
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ISBN: 9781780231129

ISBN-10: 1780231121

ISBN-13: 9781780231129

Edition: 2010

Authors: Johnny Ryan

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This text is a history of the Internet, from its invention in the 1960s to its present-day ubiquity in all aspects of modern life. It charts the Internet's progress, from false technological leads of the 1970s to the 'dot com' boom and bust, and the rise of social networking.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 3/15/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Johnny Ryanï¿½was born in Boston, MA, and lives in Los Angeles, CA, with his wife and his daughter. Currently, he is co-creating theforthcoming Pig Goat Banana Cricket series for Nickelodeon. In addition to his creator-owned comics series, he's contributed toï¿½Vice, Mad, and LA Weekly, among other clients.



Preface: The Great Adjustment



Distributed Network, Centrifugal Ideas



A Concept Born in the Shadow of the Nuke



The Military Experiment



The Essence of the Internet



Computers Become Cheap, Fast and Common



Expansion



The Hoi Polloi Connect



Communities Based on Interest, not Proximity



From Military Networks to the Global Internet



The Web!



A Platform for Trade and the Pitfalls of the Dot-com



The Emerging Environment



Web 2.0 and the Return to the Oral Tradition



New Audiences, the Fourth Wall and Extruded Media



Two-way Politics



Promise and Peril


glossary


references


select bibliography


acknowledgements


index