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Aharon Kellerman - Geographic Interpretations of the Internet - 9783319338033 - V9783319338033
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Geographic Interpretations of the Internet

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Description for Geographic Interpretations of the Internet Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 25 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: RGC; UBJ; UYZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.

This book introduces the Internet through a systematic geographical interpretation, thus shedding light on the Internet as a spatial entity. The book’s approach is to extend basic concepts developed for terrestrial geography to cyberspace, most notably those relating to space, structure, place, distance, mobility, and presence. It further considers the Internet by its constitution of information space, communications space, and screen space. By using well-known concepts from traditional human geography, this book proposes a combination of terrestrial and virtual geographies, which may in turn help in coping with Internet structures and contents. The book appeals to human and economic geographers, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Geography
Number of Pages
121
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319338033
SKU
V9783319338033
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Aharon Kellerman
Prof. Aharon Kellerman was born in 1945 in Haifa, Israel. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Jewish History at the University of Haifa, in 1969. In 1971, he received a High School Teaching Certificate from the same institution. He then went on to complete his Master’s degree in Geography, with honors, at the Hebrew University in 1972. In ... Read more

Reviews for Geographic Interpretations of the Internet
“This is a nice little volume that attempts to bring conventional geographic notions into the understanding of cyberspace. … The volume would be a useful supplement to courses on the information economy and cyberspace.” (Barney Warf, Geography Research Forum, Vol. 36, 2016)

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