A history of the Internet and the digital future / Johnny Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Johnny, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet.

Internet--History.

Internet--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A History of the Internet and the Digital Future tells the story of the development of the Internet from the 1950's to the present and examines how the balance of power has shifted between the individual and the state in the areas of censorship, copyright infringement, intellectual freedom, and terrorism and warfare. Johnny Ryan explains how the Internet has revolutionized political campaigns; how the development of the World Wide Web enfranchised a new online population of assertive, niche consumers; and how the dot-com bust taught smarter firms to capitalize on the power of

Contents:

History of the Internet; Imprint page; Contents; Preface: The Great Adjustment; Distributed Network, Centrifugal Ideas; Expansion; The Emerging Environment; Glossary; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612884696

9781282884694

1282884697

9781861898357

1861898355

OCLC:

681347989