Internet [Hardcover]

1. The Political Economy of the Internet  2. Computer Mediated Communication: Features and Technologies  3. Hypertext  4. Websites as Communication  5. Conceptualising Users of the Internet: Traces and Search Engines  6. Internet: Communities and Practices

From music to gaming, information gathering to eLearning; eCommerce to eGovernment, Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini's absorbing introduction considers the internet as a communication technology; the opportunities it affords us, the limitations it imposes and the functions it allows.

Internet explores:

• the political economy of the internet
• hypertext
• computer mediated communication
• websites as communication
• conceptualizing users of the internet
• internet communities and practices.

Perfect for students studying this modern phenomenon, and a veritable e-feast for all cyber junkies.

 

From music, gaming and information gathering, to eLearning, eCommerce and eGovernment, this absorbing introduction examines the internet; the opportunities it affords, the limitations it imposes and the functions it allows.Lorenzo Cantoni (Author) , Stefano Tardini (Author)US? 2006 Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.