Critical Perspectives on the Internet / Edition 1

Critical Perspectives on the Internet / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0742511324
ISBN-13:
9780742511323
Pub. Date:
08/27/2002
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
ISBN-10:
0742511324
ISBN-13:
9780742511323
Pub. Date:
08/27/2002
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Critical Perspectives on the Internet / Edition 1

Critical Perspectives on the Internet / Edition 1

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Overview

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? What opportunities lie in the cracks and crevasses of net structure?

With its critical agenda for Internet studies, this text is a valuable tool for upper-level courses on the Internet, online communication, computer-mediated communication, communication and information technologies, and media and politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742511323
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 08/27/2002
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.86(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Greg Elmer is assistant professor of communication at Boston College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface: A Critical Primer for the Internet Part 2 Part I: Critical Introductions Chapter 3 Disorganizing the "New Technology" Chapter 4 A Critical History of the Internet Part 5 Part II: Net Architecture Chapter 6 The Case of Web Browser Cookies: Enabling/Disabling Convenience and Relevance on the Web Chapter 7 Surfing for Knowledge in the Information Society Part 8 Part III: Rethinking Net Communities Chapter 9 The Myth of the Unmarked Net Speaker Chapter 10 Digitizing and Globalizing Indigenous Voices: The Zapatista Movement Part 11 Part IV: Globalization and Governance Chapter 12 E-Capital and the Many-Headed Hydra Chapter 13 Convergence Policy: It's Not What You Dance, It's the Way You Dance It Chapter 14 Internet Globalization and the Political Economy of Infrastructure
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