The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet

by Thomas Streeter

Book Overview

2012 Honorable Mention from the Association of Internet Researchers for their Annual Best Book Prize

Outstanding Academic Title from 2011 by Choice Magazine
This book about America's romance with computer communication looks at the internet, not as harbinger of the future or the next big thing, but as an expression of the times. Streeter demonstrates that our ideas about what connected computers are for have been in constant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814741169
• ISBN13: 9780814741160
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"