Studying the Internet through the Ages

The Handbook of Internet Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 17-23

  Wellman, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention, to how people communicate in real life; Beyond the great divides primer on internet histories, methods and ethics; Economic forces, fueling the turn away towards applications supporting social networks; First Age of Internet Studies Punditry Rides Rampant; Internet, as a bright light shining above everyday concerns; Linking social science with computerized communication; Search engines, as Alta Vista and Google beyond a cognoscenti's game; Second Age of Internet Studies flames of Internet euphoria, collapse of dot.com boom in 2000; Studying the Internet through the ages; Third Age, documentation to analysis ethereal light, as part of everyday things

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957147340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314861.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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