TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,Janna Quitney
TI  - Imagining the internet: personalities, predictions, perspectives 
SN  - 9780742568662
AV  - HM851 .A63 2005eb
U1  - 303.48/33/0112 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Internet
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Forecasting
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - History
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Computer networks
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Prévision
KW  - Opinion publique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Technologie de l'information
KW  - Réseaux d'ordinateurs
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - COMPUTERS
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index; Introduction -- The Internet at the forefront : 1990 through 1995 were revolutionary, with changes surpassing any previous stretch of communications history -- From bonfires and bongos to the Web : people crave and benefit from connections, spurring communications networks to evolve -- Web gems : social, political, and economic expectations inspired intriguing statements about the Internet -- The 'highway' metaphor : finding a way to tell (and sell) how the Internet could be changing lives -- Knocking the Net : some warn the Internet is naughty, anti-nature, and nefarious, even supporters see negatives -- Saddam, O.J., and the Unabomber : Internet developments are tied to the news events and popular culture of the 1990s -- Nothing is certain but death and taxes (and some predictions -- including the death of taxes -- may have been premature, while many other 'deaths' may come to pass) -- Aristotle, Jefferson, Marx, and Mcluhan : predictors use historic perspective to make their points on issues -- Supporters crow about "500 channels!" : everyone warns about "infoglut" : a breathless bromide about a video wonderland is bandied about, while information overload looms larger than ever -- Voices of the Net : zooming in on ten of the many people who made a difference by voicing concerns -- The threat to freedom, to the earth : as communications networks become all-seeing, some thinkers/theorists expect Big Brother or a robot takeover -- The future of networks : the global mind doesn't need humans, but they may be able to use it if they'd like -- Nobody knows you're a dog, or do they? Privacy issues on the Internet -- Hmmm ... will it happen? : these predictions did not come true, nor do they seem likely to come to pass; then again, you never know; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - In the early 1990s, people predicted the death of privacy, an end to the current concept of 'property, ' a paperless society, 500 channels of high-definition interactive television, world peace, and the extinction of the human race after a takeover engineered by intelligent machines. Imagining the Internet zeroes in on predictions about the Internet's future and revisits past predictions-and how they turned out. It gives the history of communications in a nutshell, illustrating the serious impact of pervasive networks and how they will change our lives over the next century
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