The Net effect
By: Beth Porter ; [foreword by Lord Puttnam of Queensgate].
Publisher: Intellect; Intellect Ltd
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Internet -- Social aspects.; World Wide Web -- Social aspects.; Information technology -- Social aspects.; Communication and culture.; Communication and technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the Janus approach 8; title: Connections 9; title: How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix 11; title: The Importance of Nothing 14; title: Section 1: the long & winding slip-road 15; title: Anatomy of the Elegant Box 16; title: The War That Changed Everything 18; title: A Bodyguard of Lies 22; title: Tunny Turns the Tide 27; title: Swords Into MicroChips 30; title: A Decade of Secrets; Computers With Your Tea 34; title: Defense & the Big Bucks 37; title: Time of Transition 40; title: Racing to the Net 42; title: Section 2: clear-eyed acumen & blind dreams 49; title: Tooled-Up 50; title: Scaredy-Cats 52; title: Embracing the Beast 58; title: Who's Spinning the Web? 63; title: Gallimaufry 69; title: Information 70; title: Entertainment & Leisure 73; title: Commerce 76; title: Section 3: the da Vinci syndrome 79; title: Under the Influence 80; title: The Virtual Architect 82; title: Not Crying Over Spilt Paint 83; title: Fuzzy Boundaries 86; title: The Book Unbound 89; title: Digi Display94; title: POV 95; title: Bending Reality 97; title: Playtime 102; title: Inviting the Viewer 105; title: Fashioning Worlds 107; title: Lights, Camera, Let-Down 109; title: Reeling You In 112; title: Tinkle, Tinkle Little NetStar 114; title: Music to Your Ears 117; title: Next Stages 122; title: Buttressing the ThinkTank 125; title: Reaping Rewards 128; title: The Price of Talent 130; title: Section 4: the internet experience 131; title: WWWwhat else is there? 132; title: Here Be Dragons 137; title: I Want IT and I Want It Now 138; title: Worker Rights & Wrongs; Web Pros & Cons 141; title: Power to the Net People 147; title: Securing The Net 157; title: Slipping Through the Net 163; title: Learning CyberLessons 166; title: Community Spirit 167; title: Coda: quo vadis 169; title: Growing Like Topsy 170; title: Asking Better Questions 171; title: Okay, Wotcha Got Now? 173; title: Tomorrow 177.