The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
ISBN: 9780262681216 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community -- one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people's behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much... Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describe... |
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373,21 zł |
The Political Economy of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific: Digital Divides, Economic Competitiveness, and Security Challenges
ISBN: 9780275980214 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is a common belief that the Internet can provide real opportunities for political transformation, especially in societies where freedom of speech is constrained by the government. This volume explores the Internet's political and developmental impact by analyzing it at the local, regional, and international levels. The essays combine to show that limited Internet accessibility in some countries has led to a problematic digital divide. Entry subjects range from the two giants of Asia, China and India, to the microstates in the Pacific. Each incisive essay takes a fresh look... It is a common belief that the Internet can provide real opportunities for political transformation, especially in societies where freedom of speec... |
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386,61 zł |
The Wired Neighborhood
ISBN: 9780300074345 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are communication technologies ushering in a wondrous new age of computer networks that connect people into worldwide virtual communities of like-minded individuals? Or are global computer networks isolating us from real relationships and from our society, as we stare into a screen instead of interacting face to face? In this eloquent and thoughtful book, Stephen Doheny-Farina explores the nature of cyberspace and the increasing virtualization of everyday life. He occupies a middle ground between these two extreme views of the net, arguing that electronic neighborhoods should be less...
Are communication technologies ushering in a wondrous new age of computer networks that connect people into worldwide virtual communities of like-mind...
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244,80 zł |
Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace: The Online Protests Over Lotus Marketplace and the Clipper Chip
ISBN: 9780300078640 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating book examines two examples of social action on the Internet-the organized protests against Lotus MarketPlace and the Clipper chip--in order to evaluate the impact of the net on our social and political life.
This fascinating book examines two examples of social action on the Internet-the organized protests against Lotus MarketPlace and the Clipper chip--in...
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140,84 zł |
Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness
ISBN: 9780300101577 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Internet has changed our social spaces, our political and social realities, our use of language, and the way we communicate, all with breathtaking speed. Almost everyone who deals with the Internet and the new world of cyberspace communication at times feels bewildered, dismayed, or even infuriated. In this clear and helpful book, computer communications scholar Laura J. Gurak takes a close look at the critical issues of online communication and discusses how to become literate in the new mass medium of our era. In cyberspace, Gurak shows us, literacy means much more than knowing how to...
The Internet has changed our social spaces, our political and social realities, our use of language, and the way we communicate, all with breathtaking...
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195,87 zł |
Computing in the Web Age: A Web-Interactive Introduction
ISBN: 9780306459726 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reflects thirty years of experience in the applications of computer technology to literary research and instruction and in consulting work in office automation and system integration. In that time I have again and again found myself in the position of having to introduce students, both undergraduate and graduate, colleagues and clients to the fundamentals of computer hardware and software. Over the years, as computers became both central and commonplace in professional life, I have been aware of changing attitudes toward this technology. From attitudes that ranged from the disdain...
This book reflects thirty years of experience in the applications of computer technology to literary research and instruction and in consulting work i...
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195,42 zł |
Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet--Better, Faster, Easier
ISBN: 9780312363338 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Rule the Web, you'll learn how to: * Browse recklessly, free from viruses, ads, and spyware * Turn your browser into a secure and powerful anywhere office * Raze your old home page and build a modern Web masterpiece * Get the news so fast it'll leave skidmarks on your inbox * Fire your broker and let the Internet make you rich * Claim your fifteen megabytes of fame with a blog or podcast You use the Web to shop, do your banking, have fun, find facts, connect with family, share your thoughts with the world, and more. But aren't you... In Rule the Web, you'll learn how to: * Browse recklessly, free from viruses, ads, and spyware * Turn your browser into a secu... |
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122,26 zł |
Surfing on the Internet: A Nethead's Adventure On-Line
ISBN: 9780316360098 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In secret, underground, an amazing new world has taken shape, an alternate universe where technical communications sit alongside bulletin boards devoted to TV sitcoms, popular music, and every imaginable sexual proclivity. The Internet has its own language, its own rituals, its own code of ethics, and even its own ways of punishing outsiders. Let the newbie beware! Surfing on the Internet is a fearless excursion through this remarkable new world, in the company of one of the most inventive young nonfiction writers at work today. Fueled by Fruity Pebbles and caffeine, J. C. Herz, a digital...
In secret, underground, an amazing new world has taken shape, an alternate universe where technical communications sit alongside bulletin boards devot...
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96,05 zł |
Spinning the Web: A Guide to Serving Information on the World Wide Web
ISBN: 9780387945392 / Angielski / Miękka / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is written for: anyone who wants to serve information on the WWW. The book contains detailed instructions on how to fetch, configure, and administer the most popular WWW server programs. The server chapter is separated into sections that discuss how to set up common configurations and sections that serve as references for all the directives that control server behavior. anyone who wants to maintain a secure WWW site. The book discusses how to create a secure site. It covers inse cure configurations of servers, browsers, and scripts, and it gives a list of measures that reduce the...
This book is written for: anyone who wants to serve information on the WWW. The book contains detailed instructions on how to fetch, configure, and ad...
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195,42 zł |
A Windows Nt(tm) Guide to the Web: Covering Browsers, Servers, and Related Software
ISBN: 9780387947921 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NT as an Operating System Microsoft developed Windows NT as an alternative to Unix. The company sees it as a part of its overall Enterprise Computing plan.It scales up from basic 486 systems to high-end RISC sys tems from companies like Digital, NEC, and PCvendors offering PowerPC systems for NT. The basic operating system consists of a user interface shell (similar in appearance to Windows 3.1 for NT 3.1 to 3.5, and changing to look and feel more like Windows 95 for NT 4.0) de signed to run 32-bit programs. This makes it ideal for the multi media nature of Web browsers, and for the...
NT as an Operating System Microsoft developed Windows NT as an alternative to Unix. The company sees it as a part of its overall Enterprise Computing ...
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195,42 zł |
The Web Publisher's Illustrated Quick Reference: Covers HTML 3.2 and VRML 2.0
ISBN: 9780387948317 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HTML, or hypertext mark-up language, is the standard for all world wide web pages throughout the world. With HTML 3.0 new features have been added and in addition VRML, the virtual reality mark-up language, is also attracting attention to enable browsers to move through "virtual reality" web sites. This book provides a reference guide to both HTML and VRML modelled on the author's previous successful reference guides to AutoCad. Each HTML and VRMl command is given a description, its syntax, and examples of its use.
- Visual snapshots of each markup in use.- Each HTML tag is marked with... HTML, or hypertext mark-up language, is the standard for all world wide web pages throughout the world. With HTML 3.0 new features have been added and...
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195,42 zł |
The Internet for Radiology Practice
ISBN: 9780387951720 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Internet has proven to be a great resource for the medical community. It has specifically had a great impact on the practice of Radiology. It has enabled the proliferation, installation, and acceptance of adjunct technologies such as Picture Archiving (PACS), electronic medical record (EMR) and Voice Recognition (VR). The number of radiology-specific web sites just 5 years ago was about 30. A recent compilation now numbers in the thousands. Computer technology and the Internet have revolutionized the way radiologists work on a daily basis. All aspects of the Internet and related... The Internet has proven to be a great resource for the medical community. It has specifically had a great impact on the practice of Radiology. It h... |
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195,42 zł |
Network Intelligence
ISBN: 9780412789205 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Network Intelligence provides the authoritative guide to the subject and sets this development in telecommunications into the context of other concurrent advances in customer premises equipment, computing and information networking. Written by research and development engineers at the BT Laboratories at Martlesham, the book is essential reading for engineers in telecommunications companies engaged in network design and for students wishing to become familiar with the current issues in Network Intelligence.
Network Intelligence provides the authoritative guide to the subject and sets this development in telecommunications into the context of other concurr...
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586,33 zł |
An Introduction to Digital Media
ISBN: 9780415154239 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this clear and highly accessible book, Tony Feldman provides an account of the evolution and application of digital media. Clarifying its underlying technologies, he identifies its immense commercial and human potential. Using as a starting point a simplification which considers new media in two distinct sectors; packaged 'off-line' media such as CD-ROMs; and the world of transmitted media which includes digital broadcasting and interactive online services, Feldman provides a comprehensive overview of the digital media landscape. Focusing on multimedia and the entertainment media he...
In this clear and highly accessible book, Tony Feldman provides an account of the evolution and application of digital media. Clarifying its underlyin...
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188,83 zł |
Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet
ISBN: 9780415170772 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material.
Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including: * power and cyberspace * the virtual individual * society in cyberspace * imagination and the internet. This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies t...
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944,43 zł |
Cyberpower: The culture and politics of cyberspace and the Internet
ISBN: 9780415170789 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides an introduction to the politics of the Internet. Written around a clear and simple theoretical framework, Cyberpower presents all the key concepts, with the author guiding the reader through material including original research in interviews and statistical analysis, to provide the first complete analysis of the politics and culture of cyberspace. Subjects covered include: power and cyberspace; the virtual individual; society in cyberspace; and imagination and the Internet. Using case studies from the rich mythology of the electronic frontier, from cyber-rape to total...
This text provides an introduction to the politics of the Internet. Written around a clear and simple theoretical framework, Cyberpower presents all t...
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251,80 zł |
The Internet: A Philosophical Inquiry
ISBN: 9780415197496 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What should we think about the digital revolution in information technology? Can there be communities in cyberspace? Should we control freedom of expression on the Internet? This text offers a concise philosophical exploration of questions such as these and more.
What should we think about the digital revolution in information technology? Can there be communities in cyberspace? Should we control freedom of expr...
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209,82 zł |
Mapping Cyberspace
ISBN: 9780415198837 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mapping Cyberspace is a ground-breaking geographic exploration and critical reading of cyberspace, and information and communication technologies. The book:
* provides an understanding of what cyberspace looks like and the social interactions that occur there * explores the impacts of cyberspace, and information and communication technologies, on cultural, political and economic relations * charts the spatial forms of virutal spaces * details empirical research and examines a wide variety of maps and spatialisations of cyberspace and the information society * has a... Mapping Cyberspace is a ground-breaking geographic exploration and critical reading of cyberspace, and information and communication technolo...
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918,20 zł |
Mapping Cyberspace
ISBN: 9780415198844 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Space is central to our lives. Because of this, much attention is directed at understanding and explaining the geographic world. This text extends this analysis to provide a geographic exploration and critical reading of cyberspace and information and communication technologies. The author provides an understanding of what cyberspace looks like and the social interactions that take place there and explores the impacts of cyberspace - information and communication technologies - on cultural, political and economic relations.
Space is central to our lives. Because of this, much attention is directed at understanding and explaining the geographic world. This text extends thi...
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288,53 zł |
Internet
ISBN: 9780415352253 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini's absorbing introduction considers the internet as a communication technology; the opportunities it affords us, the limitations it imposes and the functions it allows. From music to gaming, information gathering to eLearning; eCommerce to eGovernment.
"Internet" explores: - the political economy of the internet - hypertext - computer mediated communication - websites as communication - conceptualizing users of the internet - internet communities and practices Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini's absorbing introduction considers the internet as a communication technology; the opportunities it affords us, th...
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435,44 zł |