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- catalog abstract ""Digital Mythologies asks hard questions about where information technology is taking us. Through anecdotes drawn from his experiences as former editor-in-chief of Telecommunications magazine, the author gives readers a peek behind the scenes of the Internet industry. He explores the underlying social and political implications of the Net and its associated technologies, based on his contention that the cyberspace experience is far more complex than is commonly assumed. Valovic explores these hidden complexities, and points to fascinating connections between the Internet and our contemporary culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11518417.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Digital Mythologies asks hard questions about where information technology is taking us. Through anecdotes drawn from his experiences as former editor-in-chief of Telecommunications magazine, the author gives readers a peek behind the scenes of the Internet industry. He explores the underlying social and political implications of the Net and its associated technologies, based on his contention that the cyberspace experience is far more complex than is commonly assumed. Valovic explores these hidden complexities, and points to fascinating connections between the Internet and our contemporary culture."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index.".
- catalog description "Virtual Dreams. Virtual Folklore: Breaking the News about the Internet. Point of No Return: Crossing the Virtual Threshold. When Cultures Collide: The Internet versus the "Great Conversation" Internet Economics: The Complex Synergies of Wealth Creation. The Evolutionary Implications of the Internet. Notes from Santa Fe: The Internet as a Complex Adaptive System -- Virtual Nightmares. Work, Leisure, and the Overthrow of Matter. Tube Time: Power Cocooning for Fun and Profit. Quality of Information: The Human Bandwidth Problem. Information Overload: A Challenge for Human Productivity? The Electronic Agora and the Death of History. Interiority: Our Most Precious Natural Resource. Electronic Mediation and Technological Dependency. The Psychopathology of Online Life. Yellow Alert: Massive System Vulnerability -- The Electronic Polity. The Complexities of Role and Identity in Cyberspace. Spin Doctors Invade Net -- Film at Eleven. The Strange Obscurantism of the Virtual World.".
- catalog extent "xv, 219 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0813527546 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog subject "303.48/33 21".
- catalog subject "Computers and civilization.".
- catalog subject "HM851 .V35 2000".
- catalog subject "Information technology Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Internet Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Virtual Dreams. Virtual Folklore: Breaking the News about the Internet. Point of No Return: Crossing the Virtual Threshold. When Cultures Collide: The Internet versus the "Great Conversation" Internet Economics: The Complex Synergies of Wealth Creation. The Evolutionary Implications of the Internet. Notes from Santa Fe: The Internet as a Complex Adaptive System -- Virtual Nightmares. Work, Leisure, and the Overthrow of Matter. Tube Time: Power Cocooning for Fun and Profit. Quality of Information: The Human Bandwidth Problem. Information Overload: A Challenge for Human Productivity? The Electronic Agora and the Death of History. Interiority: Our Most Precious Natural Resource. Electronic Mediation and Technological Dependency. The Psychopathology of Online Life. Yellow Alert: Massive System Vulnerability -- The Electronic Polity. The Complexities of Role and Identity in Cyberspace. Spin Doctors Invade Net -- Film at Eleven. The Strange Obscurantism of the Virtual World.".
- catalog title "Digital mythologies : the hidden complexities of the Internet / Thomas S. Valovic.".
- catalog type "text".