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Netizens History Impact Usenet Internet

AUTHOR Hauben, Ronda; Hauben R; Hauben et al.
PUBLISHER Wiley-IEEE Computer Society PR (05/11/1997)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
Description
Netizens, one of the first books detailing the Internet, looks at the creation and development of this participatory global computer network. The authors conducted online research to find out what makes the Internet "tick". This research results in an informative examination of the pioneering vision and actions that have helped make the Net possible. The book is a detailed description of the Net's construction and a step-by-step view of the past, present, and future of the Internet, the Usenet and the WWW.

The book gives you the needed perspective to understand how the Net can impact the present and the turbulent future. These questions are answered: What is the vision that inspired or guided these people at each step? What was the technical or social problem or need that they were trying to solve? What can be done to help nourish the future extension and development of the Net? How can the Net be made available to a broader set of people?
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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780818677069
ISBN-10: 0818677066
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 392
Carton Quantity: 18
Product Dimensions: 6.25 x 1.10 x 9.27 inches
Weight: 1.57 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Dust Cover, Table of Contents, Glossary, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | Internet - General
Computers | Networking - General
Dewey Decimal: 004.678
Library of Congress Control Number: 97005920
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
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Netizens is an ambitious look at the social aspects of computer networking. It examines the present and the turbulent future, and especially it explores the technical and social roots of the Net.--Thomas Truscott, co-developer of Usenet

While working on my own history of the Net, I watched the Haubens' documentation of Net development evolve and grow as they posted it to the Net itself. Now, with a hardcopy version of their work out, the authors have given us a valuable shelf reference to complement their online work.--Katie Hafner, coauthor of Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet

Inspired by the writings of Thomas Paine and Jean Jacques Rousseau, Michael and Ronda Hauben sketch an=out a provocative declaration of Netizen rights in their appendix to this engrossing, well-researched, and very useful book. The Haubens reserve the term Netizen for positive contributors to the Net, the good citizens whose heroic precursors from the 1960s are reicly chronicled in a flowing historical and sociological account that is not to be missed.--Martin Greenberger, Director of the Center for Digital Media, UCLA

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Netizens looks at the creation and development of the participatory global computer network: The Internet. Michael and Ronda Hauben conducted research online to find out what makes the internet "tick" resulting in this fascinating examination of the pioneering vision and actions that have helped make the Net possible. Netizens is a detailed description of the Net's construction and a step-by-step view of the past, present, and future of Usenet and the Internet.

The book gives you the needed perspective to understand how the Net can impact the present and the future of our society.
Netizens answers these questions:

  • What is the vision that inspired or guided these people at each step?
  • What was the technical or social problem or need that they were trying to solve?
  • What can be done to help nourish the future extension and development of the Net?
  • How can the Net be made available to a broader set of people?
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Netizens, one of the first books detailing the Internet, looks at the creation and development of this participatory global computer network. The authors conducted online research to find out what makes the Internet "tick". This research results in an informative examination of the pioneering vision and actions that have helped make the Net possible. The book is a detailed description of the Net's construction and a step-by-step view of the past, present, and future of the Internet, the Usenet and the WWW.

The book gives you the needed perspective to understand how the Net can impact the present and the turbulent future. These questions are answered: What is the vision that inspired or guided these people at each step? What was the technical or social problem or need that they were trying to solve? What can be done to help nourish the future extension and development of the Net? How can the Net be made available to a broader set of people?
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