Stefik, Mark J.

The Internet Edge : Social, Technical, and Legal Challenges for a Networked World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (338 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .

The Internet Edge -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Internet Edge: Change and Connections -- The Portable Network: Away from the -- Desktop and into the World -- The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box: -- The Coming Arms Race in Trusted Systems -- The Bit and the Pendulum: Balancing the -- Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing -- Focusing the Light: Making Sense in the -- Information Explosion -- The Next Knowledge Medium: Networks -- and Knowledge Ecologies -- The Edge of Chaos: Coping with Rapid -- Change -- The Digital Keyhole: Privacy Rights and -- Trusted Systems -- Strangers in the Net: Access, Diversity, and -- Borders -- Indistinguishable from Magic: The Real, the -- Magic, and the Virtual -- Epilogue: The Next Edge and Discovering -- Ourselves -- About the Author -- References -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Credits -- Index.

This book is an eagle's eye view of the Internet edge. It is about the experiences of those who encountered similar issues as they built precursors to the Net such as videotext, teletext, and the Source.

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Internet -- Social aspects.
Computers and civilization.
Information society.


Electronic books.

HM851 -- .S74 1999eb

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