Deciphering Cyberspace: Making the Most of Digital Communication Technology

ISBN: 0761922202

Author: Shyles, Leonard C.

Condition: New

Deciphering Cyberspace: Making the Most of Digital Communication Technology, a collection of new chapters by media experts, social-psychologists, and legal scholars, lucidly explores the modern digital information revolution with one goal: to demystify digital communication technology. By examining its subject matter from the three perspectives of technology, markets, and policy, Deciphering Cyberspace provides an impressively comprehensive view of the technical nature of cyberspace, its social impact, and legal significance for individuals, institutions, and society.Marrying the broad social and psychological impact of technology to the personal, this text goes beyond mere operation of technology and illuminates how systems work. Deciphering Cyberspaceis a must-have volume for anyone interested in keeping connected and learning about the ever-changing world of technology in our increasingly mediated world.