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Users View Of The Internet
Harry Bruce
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Description for Users View Of The Internet
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of public access to the Internet. It considers the evolution of the Internet through the lens of use and using, seeking to answer the question "what is the Internet?" by focusing on "who" is the Internet. Num Pages: 228 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GL; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
What is the Internet? Is it an information technology, broadcast and publishing medium, communication, or social technology? How does the Internet fit with the everyday professional and personal lives of people living in a modern democracy? Government, business, the education sector, and the media are consistently promoting the view that the Internet represents the cutting edge for human communication and access to information. In light of this, it is surprising that very little has been written about the people who are using the network and how it is being used. In fact, we know very little about the citizens of ... Read more
What is the Internet? Is it an information technology, broadcast and publishing medium, communication, or social technology? How does the Internet fit with the everyday professional and personal lives of people living in a modern democracy? Government, business, the education sector, and the media are consistently promoting the view that the Internet represents the cutting edge for human communication and access to information. In light of this, it is surprising that very little has been written about the people who are using the network and how it is being used. In fact, we know very little about the citizens of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810843660
SKU
V9780810843660
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Harry Bruce
Harry Bruce is Associate Dean for Research at the Information School of the University of Washington. He has been actively involved in researching information behavior and uses of the Internet for the past ten years. He received the UMI Doctoral Dissertation Award by the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
Reviews for Users View Of The Internet
A highly competent synthesis of research into the use of the Internet by specific groups...an impressive attempt to analyse the anarchic.
Library Review
...provides rich information on the users of the internet and the services they are using. Bruce's prose has an academic pitch and would be well understood and regarded by readers in the social science, psychology ... Read more
Library Review
...provides rich information on the users of the internet and the services they are using. Bruce's prose has an academic pitch and would be well understood and regarded by readers in the social science, psychology ... Read more