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OverviewThe spread of new information and communications technologies during the past two decades has helped reshape associations, political communities, and global relations. The speed of technology-driven change has outpaced our understanding of its social and ethical effects.The Internet in Public Life raises critical questions about these effects. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Verna V. Gehring , William A. Galston , Thomas C. Hilde , Lucas D. IntronaPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 17.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9780742542341ISBN 10: 0742542343 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 13 August 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1 I The Information Superhighway: Toward a Morality of Information? Chapter 2 Shaping the Web: Why the Politics of Search Engines Matter Chapter 3 Reliance and Reliability: The Problem of Information on the Internet Chapter 4 Do Hackers Provide a Public Service? Part 5 II Social Bonds: Stronger or Weaker? Chapter 6 The Impact of the Internet on Civic Life: An Early Assessment Chapter 7 The Internet and Civil Society Chapter 8 Social Capital and the Net Chapter 9 The Cosmopolitan Project: Does the Internet Have a Global Public Face?ReviewsWe have all been holding our breath to see what effect the explosive developments in information technology would have on society and culture. This helpful and compact book gives us a standpoint and a bearing on what has happened. The authors have carefully looked at what s out there. They have also had the courage to consider what is most important our moral condition and our sense of community.--Borgmann, Albert We have all been holding our breath to see what effect the explosive developments in information technology would have on society and culture. This helpful and compact book gives us a standpoint and a bearing on what has happened. The authors have carefully looked at what 's out there. They have also had the courage to consider what is most important our moral condition and our sense of community.--Borgmann, Albert Author InformationVerna V. Gehring is editor at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, and editor of Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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