Imagining the Internet Personalities, Predictions, Perspectives

Name: Imagining the Internet Personalities, Predictions, Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780742539372

ISBN-10: 0742539377

ISBN-13: 9780742539372

Edition: 2005

Authors: Janna Quitney Anderson, Lee Rainie

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Looking back and looking ahead, this book offers both a history of the social impact of the Internet & a forecast of how society is expected to change in the coming decades, and what part the ever expanding Internet will play in these developments.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/14/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



The Internet at the Forefront



From Bonfires and Bongos to the Web



Web Gems



The "Highway" Metaphor



Knocking the Net



Saddam, O.J., and the Unabomber



Nothing Is Certain but Death and Taxes



Aristotle, Jefferson, Marx, and McLuhan



Supporters Crow About "500 Channels!" Everyone Warns About "Infoglut"



Voices of the Net



The Threat to Freedom, to the Earth



The Future of Networks



Nobody Knows You're a Dog



Hmmm...Will It Happen?



Wired Inspired



Recording the Data


Suggested Readings


Bibliography


Index


About the Author