| Description |
xiv, 456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Cyberspace, an Introduction: A Virtual State of Mind -- Ch. 2. Cyberspace Communications: New Reasons for Reasoned Exchange -- Ch. 3. Cyberspace Culture, Ethics, and Law: Quality in Progress -- Ch. 4. The Individual and Excellence: Freedom Through Discipline -- Ch. 5. Society and Community: The Value of Values -- Ch. 6. Business and Economics: Information, Innovation, and Prosperity -- Ch. 7. Government and Politics: Harnessing the Power of Revolutionary Change -- Ch. 8. The Net of It All: Facing the Future Today |
| Summary |
Whittle draws on his experience in the computer field as well as his knowledge of philosophy, sociology, business, economics, law, and ethics to make solid connections between practice and theory. He paints a fascinating portrait of cyberspace as a realm of vast possibilities, particularly in providing a means for building meaningful online communities. However, because cyberspace allows users of online communications new freedoms, such as the ability to disguise their identity, we must take care in establishing some guidelines in this emerging terrain. In Cyberspace, Whittle offers valuable suggestions to this end, all the while making the myriad issues at stake understandable and intriguing to both newcomers and veterans of online communication |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-439) and index |
| Subject |
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
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Computers and civilization.
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Cyberspace -- Social aspects.
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Information superhighway -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
96018801 |
| ISBN |
0716783118 |
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0716783142 (paperback) |
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