The Internet edge : social, legal, and technological challenges for a networked world / Mark Stefik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stefik, Mark J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Computers and civilization.

Information society.

Physical Description:

xviii,320 p. : ill., 1 map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an eagle's eye view of the Internet edge. It is about the experiences of those who encountered similar issues as they built precursors to the Net such as videotext, teletext, and the Source.

Contents:

The Internet Edge

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Internet Edge: Change and Connections

The Portable Network: Away from the

Desktop and into the World

The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box:

The Coming Arms Race in Trusted Systems

The Bit and the Pendulum: Balancing the

Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing

Focusing the Light: Making Sense in the

Information Explosion

The Next Knowledge Medium: Networks

and Knowledge Ecologies

The Edge of Chaos: Coping with Rapid

Change

The Digital Keyhole: Privacy Rights and

Trusted Systems

Strangers in the Net: Access, Diversity, and

Borders

Indistinguishable from Magic: The Real, the

Magic, and the Virtual

Epilogue: The Next Edge and Discovering

Ourselves

About the Author

References

Suggestions for Further Reading

Credits

Index.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

Digitized and made available by: Books 24x7.com.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-28425-1

0-585-12407-8

OCLC:

939263613