Deciphering Cyberspace has 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. The book: offers complete coverage of key topics while leaving room for variations in approach; contains interviews with experts in their fields; and covers a broad scope of material in a simple, clear fashion. Deciphering…mehr
Deciphering Cyberspace has 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. The book: offers complete coverage of key topics while leaving room for variations in approach; contains interviews with experts in their fields; and covers a broad scope of material in a simple, clear fashion. Deciphering Cyberspace is a must have volume for anyone interested in keeping connected in our increasingly mediated world.
Leonard Shyles (Ph.D., Communication, Ohio State University) is Associate Professor of Communication at Villanova University. His publications include journal articles and book chapters dealing with the content and impact of televised political advertising in presidential campaigns. He is co-editor and co-author of The 1000 hour war: communication in the gulf (1994) for Greenwood Press, dealing with the use of telecommunications technologies to conduct the war in the Persian Gulf and to provide journalistic coverage of the conflict. Most recently, Shyles has published a comprehensive television production textbook, Video production handbook (1997) for Houghton Mifflin Company. Shyles' current research focuses on understanding digital technology in the contexts of markets and policy.
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PART I: TECHNOLOGY 1. Radio and Television Broadcasting - Leonard Shyles Broadcasting in America The Basics of Electromagnetic Radiation From Radio to Television Transmission The Expanded Video System Cyberinterview: Michael Young 2. Computers in Communication: Concepts and Application - Leonard Shyles The Language of Binary Code The Move Toward Machine Calculation Conceptual Foundations From Theory to Practice ASCII: Why 1 Is a Beautiful Number in the Computer Industry Capturing Sound with Binary Code Capturing Images Standard Computer Architecture Modern Computers Chip Manufacturing Cyberinterview: Dan Birenbaum 3. Sending Messages Across the Network - Leonard Shyles Connecting Users: Access From Analog to Digital Transmission Growth of Telecommunications Network Cellular Telephony Cyberinterview: Charles Ehlin PART II: MARKETS 4. Children in Cyberspace - Mark R. Banschick and Josepha S. Banschick The Child/Internet Interface Intellectual Development Internet and the Social World Identity Formation and the Internet 5. Social and Psychological Uses of the Internet - JoAnn Magdoff and Jeffrey B. Rubin Who Uses the Internet? When the Web Resembles the Real World Re-creating Identity What is the True Self? Online and Offline Emergence and Complexity Cyberinterview: Marvin Kane 6. Connected Learning in the Information Age - Thomas McCain and Leigh Maxwell The Infrastructure of Education The Unique Qualities of Digital Media Administrative Challenges Cyberinterview: Rick Marx 7. Adopting Instructional Technologies - Judy C. Pearson Brief Overview Assessing the Impact of Instructional Technologies The Promise of Instructional Technologies Challenges Facing Administrators PART III: POLICY 8. Law and Regulation, Part I: Individual Interests - Keith Lee and Janessa Light Freedom of Expression Constitutional Right to Privacy Copyrights Epilogue 9. Law and Regulation, Part II: Business Interests - Janessa Light and Katherine Neikirk Trademarks Jurisdiction Defamation Epilogue Appendix A: US Radio Spectrum Allocations and Uses
PART I: TECHNOLOGY 1. Radio and Television Broadcasting - Leonard Shyles Broadcasting in America The Basics of Electromagnetic Radiation From Radio to Television Transmission The Expanded Video System Cyberinterview: Michael Young 2. Computers in Communication: Concepts and Application - Leonard Shyles The Language of Binary Code The Move Toward Machine Calculation Conceptual Foundations From Theory to Practice ASCII: Why 1 Is a Beautiful Number in the Computer Industry Capturing Sound with Binary Code Capturing Images Standard Computer Architecture Modern Computers Chip Manufacturing Cyberinterview: Dan Birenbaum 3. Sending Messages Across the Network - Leonard Shyles Connecting Users: Access From Analog to Digital Transmission Growth of Telecommunications Network Cellular Telephony Cyberinterview: Charles Ehlin PART II: MARKETS 4. Children in Cyberspace - Mark R. Banschick and Josepha S. Banschick The Child/Internet Interface Intellectual Development Internet and the Social World Identity Formation and the Internet 5. Social and Psychological Uses of the Internet - JoAnn Magdoff and Jeffrey B. Rubin Who Uses the Internet? When the Web Resembles the Real World Re-creating Identity What is the True Self? Online and Offline Emergence and Complexity Cyberinterview: Marvin Kane 6. Connected Learning in the Information Age - Thomas McCain and Leigh Maxwell The Infrastructure of Education The Unique Qualities of Digital Media Administrative Challenges Cyberinterview: Rick Marx 7. Adopting Instructional Technologies - Judy C. Pearson Brief Overview Assessing the Impact of Instructional Technologies The Promise of Instructional Technologies Challenges Facing Administrators PART III: POLICY 8. Law and Regulation, Part I: Individual Interests - Keith Lee and Janessa Light Freedom of Expression Constitutional Right to Privacy Copyrights Epilogue 9. Law and Regulation, Part II: Business Interests - Janessa Light and Katherine Neikirk Trademarks Jurisdiction Defamation Epilogue Appendix A: US Radio Spectrum Allocations and Uses
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