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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821595103321

Autore

Whittaker Jason

Titolo

Cyberspace handbook [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2003

ISBN

1-280-01981-6

0-203-48602-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Media Practice

Disciplina

025.04

302.234

Soggetti

Computers and civilization

Internet

Online information sources

Webcasting

Online information services

Law, General & Comparative

Telecommunications

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Law, Politics & Government

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction and contexts; Cyberspace, digital media and the Internet; Mapping cyberspace; ICT, telecommunications and cyberspace; Using cyberspace; Using the Internet; Cyberspace technologies; Webcasting and digital broadcasting; Games and entertainment; Reading/writing cyberspace; Sources, resources and research; Online news and journalism; Internet forms and e-zines; Writing for the Web; Web design; Regulations, institutions and ethics; Regulation and cybercrime; Cyberspace and the public sphere

Ethics in cyberspaceGlossary; Web resources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Cyberspace Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of new media, information technologies and the internet. It gives an



overview of the economic, political, social and cultural contexts of cyberspace, and provides practical advice on using new technologies for research, communication and publication. The Cyberspace Handbook includes:*a glossary of over eighty key terms*a list of over ninety web resources for news and entertainment, new media and web development, education and reference, and internet and web information* specialist chapter