Region
Internet
By Lorenzo Cantoni, Stefano Tardini
- Price: $30.95
- Binding/Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 978-0-415-35227-7
- Publish Date: February 22nd 2006
- Imprint: Routledge
- Pages: 240 pages
Series: Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications
Description
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.
Contents
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