Digital Mythologies : The Hidden Complexities of the Internet /

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"Digital Mythologies asks hard questions about where information technology is taking us. Through anecdotes drawn from his experiences as former editor-in-chief of Telecommunications magazine, the author gives readers a peek behind the scenes of the Internet industry. He explores the underlying...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valovic, Thomas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Internet.
Sociale aspecten.
World wide web.
Sozialer Wandel
Internet
Informationstechnik
Internet > Social aspects.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Computers and civilization.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ordinateurs et civilisation.
Internet > Aspect social.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Virtual Dreams. Virtual Folklore: Breaking the News about the Internet. Point of No Return: Crossing the Virtual Threshold. When Cultures Collide: The Internet versus the "Great Conversation" Internet Economics: The Complex Synergies of Wealth Creation. The Evolutionary Implications of the Internet. Notes from Santa Fe: The Internet as a Complex Adaptive System
  • Virtual Nightmares. Work, Leisure, and the Overthrow of Matter. Tube Time: Power Cocooning for Fun and Profit. Quality of Information: The Human Bandwidth Problem. Information Overload: A Challenge for Human Productivity? The Electronic Agora and the Death of History. Interiority: Our Most Precious Natural Resource. Electronic Mediation and Technological Dependency. The Psychopathology of Online Life. Yellow Alert: Massive System Vulnerability
  • The Electronic Polity. The Complexities of Role and Identity in Cyberspace. Spin Doctors Invade Net
  • Film at Eleven. The Strange Obscurantism of the Virtual World.

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