 Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet
ISBN: 978-0-8186-7706-9
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361 pages
May 1997, Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press
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Foreword.
Preface.
Introduction.
PART I. THE PRESENT: WHAT HAS BEEN CREATED AND HOW.
Chapter 1. The Net and Netizens: The Effect the Net Has on People's Lives.
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Usenet: The Poor Man's ARPANET
Chapter 3. The Social Forces Behind the Development of Usenet.
Chapter 4. The World of Usenet.
PART II: THE PAST:WHERE HAS IT ALL COME FROM.
Chapter 5. The Vision of Interactive Computing and the Future.
Chapter 6. Cybernetics, Time-sharing Human-Computer Symbiosis and Online Communities: Creating a Supercommunity of Online Communities.
Chapter 7. Behind the Net: The Untold Story of the ARPANET and Computer Science.
Chapter 8. The Birth and Development of the ARPANET.
Chapter 9. On the Early History and Impact of Unix: Tools to Build the Tools for a New Millennium.
Chapter 10. On the Early Days of Usenet: The Roots of the Cooperative Online Culture.
PART III: AND THE FUTURE?
Chapter 11. The NTIA Conference on the Future of the Net: Creating a Prototype for Democratic Decision-Making Process.
Chapter 12. "Imminent Death of the Net Predicted!"
Chapter 13. The Effect of the Net on the Professional News Media: The Usenet Collective/Man-Computer News Symbiosis.
Chapter 14. The Net and the Future of Politics: The Ascendancy of the Commons.
Chapter 15. Exploring New York City's Online Community: A Snapshot of nyc.general.
PART IV: CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD DEVELOPING A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.
Chapter 16. The Expanding Commonwealth of Learning: Printing and the Net.
Chapter 17. 'Arte': An Economic Perspective: The Role of "Arte" in the Production of Social Wealth.
Chapter 18. The Computer as a Democratizer.
Glossary of Acronyms.
References.
Acknowledgments.
Index.
Preface.
Introduction.
PART I. THE PRESENT: WHAT HAS BEEN CREATED AND HOW.
Chapter 1. The Net and Netizens: The Effect the Net Has on People's Lives.
Chapter 2. The Evolution of Usenet: The Poor Man's ARPANET
Chapter 3. The Social Forces Behind the Development of Usenet.
Chapter 4. The World of Usenet.
PART II: THE PAST:WHERE HAS IT ALL COME FROM.
Chapter 5. The Vision of Interactive Computing and the Future.
Chapter 6. Cybernetics, Time-sharing Human-Computer Symbiosis and Online Communities: Creating a Supercommunity of Online Communities.
Chapter 7. Behind the Net: The Untold Story of the ARPANET and Computer Science.
Chapter 8. The Birth and Development of the ARPANET.
Chapter 9. On the Early History and Impact of Unix: Tools to Build the Tools for a New Millennium.
Chapter 10. On the Early Days of Usenet: The Roots of the Cooperative Online Culture.
PART III: AND THE FUTURE?
Chapter 11. The NTIA Conference on the Future of the Net: Creating a Prototype for Democratic Decision-Making Process.
Chapter 12. "Imminent Death of the Net Predicted!"
Chapter 13. The Effect of the Net on the Professional News Media: The Usenet Collective/Man-Computer News Symbiosis.
Chapter 14. The Net and the Future of Politics: The Ascendancy of the Commons.
Chapter 15. Exploring New York City's Online Community: A Snapshot of nyc.general.
PART IV: CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD DEVELOPING A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.
Chapter 16. The Expanding Commonwealth of Learning: Printing and the Net.
Chapter 17. 'Arte': An Economic Perspective: The Role of "Arte" in the Production of Social Wealth.
Chapter 18. The Computer as a Democratizer.
Glossary of Acronyms.
References.
Acknowledgments.
Index.
