Lorenzo Cantoni and Stefano Tardini's absorbing introduction considers the internet as a communication technology; the opportunities it affords us, the limitations it imposes and the functions it allows. From music to gaming, information gathering to eLearning; eCommerce to eGovernment.
Internet explores:
· the political economy of the internet
· hypertext
· computer mediated communication
· websites as communication
· conceptualizing users of the internet
· internet communities and practices