The Internet: The BasicsPsychology Press, 2002 - 228 lappuses The Internet: The Basicsprovides a concise and clearly written introduction to the study of the internet. Covering its practical application as a tool for research, as well as issues for communicating and designing for the web, this book also questions the ways in which the internet has changed our cultures, societies and identities. The areas covered in this book include: * the history and development of the internet * how it works * how to use it for research and communication * advice on good design practice for the web * how regulation is changing to deal with the new media, as well as questions of ethics * how the internet is changing our social, political, psychological and economic relations with others. The Internet: The Basicsis a non-technical, comprehensive guide to the internet, covering all aspects of the medium and its cultural and practical effects that will be of interest to anyone thinking of studying the subject. |
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Understanding the Internet | 1 |
History of the Internet | 11 |
How the Internet works | 24 |
Further reading | 31 |
Using the Internet | 33 |
Email | 34 |
The Web and file transfer | 39 |
Usenet and newsgroups | 43 |
Copyright | 105 |
Defamation and free speech | 110 |
Sex pornography and obscenity | 116 |
Hacking and privacy | 120 |
Further reading | 129 |
Cyberculture I Society community and cyberspace | 131 |
Studying cyberculture | 132 |
Cyberspace | 134 |
Chat conferencing and instant messaging | 47 |
Researching via the Internet | 48 |
Further reading | 55 |
New media and web production | 57 |
Text and hypertext | 58 |
Digital imaging | 62 |
Audio and video | 67 |
Web production | 74 |
Elements of a web page | 79 |
Dynamic web sites | 87 |
Further reading | 91 |
Institutions ethics and regulation | 93 |
Internet administration | 94 |
Commercial organisations | 96 |
The Internet the public sphere and virtual communities | 142 |
Cybercolonisation | 153 |
Further reading | 160 |
Cyberculture II Identity sexuality and popular culture | 163 |
Popular cyberculture and postmodernism | 171 |
Cybersubcultures | 177 |
Cyberfeminism | 183 |
Further reading | 188 |
Glossary | 191 |
Useful sites | 201 |
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