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Critical Perspectives on the Internet
Greg . Ed(S): Elmer
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Description for Critical Perspectives on the Internet
Paperback. This critical reader of essays places the boom and bust years of the Internet in a broad cultural context. Exploring the world of HTML, Web browsers, cookies, online Net guides, portals and ISPs, this text includes the history of the Internet, case studies, and discussions of online community. Editor(s): Elmer, Greg. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTC; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
This critical reader of original essays places the boom and bust years of the Internet in a broad cultural context. Exploring the world of html, web browsers, cookies, online net guides, portals, and Internet service providers, this text includes the history of the Internet, interesting case studies and discussions on online community, user inequalities, and governance. Within the larger issues of technological infrastructure, government policy, and globalization, Critical Perspectives on the Internet highlights both the limitations and possibilities of everyday Internet use. Does the net function as a space for radical social and political change? For challenging established media? ... Read more
This critical reader of original essays places the boom and bust years of the Internet in a broad cultural context. Exploring the world of html, web browsers, cookies, online net guides, portals, and Internet service providers, this text includes the history of the Internet, interesting case studies and discussions on online community, user inequalities, and governance. Within the larger issues of technological infrastructure, government policy, and globalization, Critical Perspectives on the Internet highlights both the limitations and possibilities of everyday Internet use. Does the net function as a space for radical social and political change? For challenging established media? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742511323
SKU
V9780742511323
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Ref
99-15
About Greg . Ed(S): Elmer
Greg Elmer is assistant professor of communication at Boston College.
Reviews for Critical Perspectives on the Internet
With focused breadth and critical depth, this timely volume will undoubtedly quicken our thinking and writing about this emerging field—one that has always understood itself in terms of speed and expansion.
Briankle G. Chang, University of Massachusetts, author of Deconstructing Communication
Briankle G. Chang, University of Massachusetts, author of Deconstructing Communication