The net effect / Beth Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Beth, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

iv, 190 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2001.

Contents:

Preamble 5

Morphing From IT to ET 6

Introduction: the Janus approach 8

Connections 9

How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix 11

The Importance of Nothing 14

Section 1 The long & winding slip-road 15

Anatomy of the Elegant Box 16

The War That Changed Everything 18

A Bodyguard of Lies 22

Tunny Turns the Tide 27

Swords Into MicroChips 30

A Decade of Secrets; Computers With Your Tea 34

Defense & the Big Bucks 37

Time of Transition 40

Racing to the Net 42

Section 2 Clear-eyed acumen & blind dreams 49

Tooled-Up 50

Scaredy-Cats 52

Embracing the Beast 58

Who's Spinning the Web? 63

Gallimaufry 69

Information 70

Entertainment & Leisure 73

Commerce 76

Section 3 The da Vinci syndrome 79

Under the Influence 80

The Virtual Architect 82

Not Crying Over Spilt Paint 83

Fuzzy Boundaries 86

The Book Unbound 89

Digi Display 94

POV 95

Bending Reality 97

Playtime 102

Inviting the Viewer 105

Fashioning Worlds 107

Lights, Camera, Let-Down 109

Reeling You In 112

Tinkle, Tinkle Little NetStar 114

Music to Your Ears 117

Next Stages 122

Buttressing the ThinkTank 125

Reaping Rewards 128

The Price of Talent 130

Section 4 The internet experience 131

WWWwhat else is there? 132

Here Be Dragons 137

I Want IT and I Want It Now 138

Worker Rights & Wrongs; Web Pros & Cons 141

Power to the Net People 147

Securing The Net 157

Slipping Through the Net 163

Learning CyberLessons 166

Community Spirit 167

Coda: quo vadis 169

Growing Like Topsy 170

Asking Better Questions 171

Okay, Wotcha Got Now? 173

Tomorrow 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841500399

OCLC:

59530603