The network nation : human communication via computer / Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff ; with forewords by Suzanne Keller and Herbert R.J. Grosch.
By: Hiltz, Starr Roxanne [author.]
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Contributor(s): Turoff, Murray [joint author.] | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 1978Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1993]Description: 1 PDF (xxxiv, 528 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262291156.Subject(s): Information networks | Computer networks | TelecommunicationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 001.6/44/04 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Summary: A visionary book when it was first published in the late 1970s, The Network Nation has become the defining document and standard reference for the field of computer mediated communication (CMC). This revised edition adds a substantial new chapter on "superconnectivity" (invented and defined in the unabridged edition of the Online Dictionary of the English Language, 2067) that reviews the developments of the last fifteen years and updates the authors' speculations about the future.Hiltz and Turoff highlight major current organizational, educational, and public applications of CMC, integrate their theoretical understanding of the impact of CMC technology, address ethical and legal issues, and describe a scenario in 2084. They have also added a selected bibliography on the key literature.Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff each hold the position of Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. They are also members of the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at Rutgers University, Newark.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. )[493]-516.
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A visionary book when it was first published in the late 1970s, The Network Nation has become the defining document and standard reference for the field of computer mediated communication (CMC). This revised edition adds a substantial new chapter on "superconnectivity" (invented and defined in the unabridged edition of the Online Dictionary of the English Language, 2067) that reviews the developments of the last fifteen years and updates the authors' speculations about the future.Hiltz and Turoff highlight major current organizational, educational, and public applications of CMC, integrate their theoretical understanding of the impact of CMC technology, address ethical and legal issues, and describe a scenario in 2084. They have also added a selected bibliography on the key literature.Starr Roxanne Hiltz and Murray Turoff each hold the position of Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. They are also members of the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at Rutgers University, Newark.
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