Imagining the internet : personalities, predictions, perspectives /

In the early 1990s, people predicted the death of privacy, an end to the current concept of 'property, ' a paperless society, 500 channels of high-definition interactive television, world peace, and the extinction of the human race after a takeover engineered by intelligent machines. Imagi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Janna Quitney, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2005.
Temas:
1900-1999
Internet > Social aspects > Forecasting.
Internet > Public opinion > History.
Information technology > Social aspects > Forecasting.
Computer networks > Social aspects > Forecasting.
Forecasting > History > 20th century.
Internet > Aspect social > Prévision.
Internet > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social > Prévision.
Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Aspect social > Prévision.
Prévision > Histoire > 20e siècle.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Forecasting
Information technology > Social aspects > Forecasting
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Internet at the forefront : 1990 through 1995 were revolutionary, with changes surpassing any previous stretch of communications history
  • From bonfires and bongos to the Web : people crave and benefit from connections, spurring communications networks to evolve
  • Web gems : social, political, and economic expectations inspired intriguing statements about the Internet
  • The 'highway' metaphor : finding a way to tell (and sell) how the Internet could be changing lives
  • Knocking the Net : some warn the Internet is naughty, anti-nature, and nefarious, even supporters see negatives
  • Saddam, O.J., and the Unabomber : Internet developments are tied to the news events and popular culture of the 1990s
  • Nothing is certain but death and taxes (and some predictions
  • including the death of taxes
  • may have been premature, while many other 'deaths' may come to pass)
  • Aristotle, Jefferson, Marx, and Mcluhan : predictors use historic perspective to make their points on issues
  • Supporters crow about "500 channels!" : everyone warns about "infoglut" : a breathless bromide about a video wonderland is bandied about, while information overload looms larger than ever
  • Voices of the Net : zooming in on ten of the many people who made a difference by voicing concerns
  • The threat to freedom, to the earth : as communications networks become all-seeing, some thinkers/theorists expect Big Brother or a robot takeover
  • The future of networks : the global mind doesn't need humans, but they may be able to use it if they'd like
  • Nobody knows you're a dog, or do they? Privacy issues on the Internet
  • Hmmm ... will it happen? : these predictions did not come true, nor do they seem likely to come to pass; then again, you never know.

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