The Cyberspace Handbook (Media Practice) - Hardcover

Whittaker, Jason

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041516835X ISBN 13: 9780415168359

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The Cyberspace Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of new media, information technologies and the internet. It gives an overview of the economic, political, social and cultural contexts of cyberspace, and provides practical advice on using new technologies for research, communication and publication.

 The Cyberspace Handbook includes:

*a glossary of over eighty key terms
*a list of over ninety web resources for news and entertainment, new media and web development, education and reference, and internet and web information
* specialist chapters on web design and journalism and writing on the web
*Over thirty illustrations of internet material and software applications.

Jason Whittaker explores how cyberspace has been constructed, how it is used and extends into areas as different as providing us immediate news or immersive games and virtual technologies for areas such as copyright and cybercrime, as well as key skills in employing the internet for research or writing and designing for the Web.

About this title

About the Author:

Jason Whittaker teaches journalism and new media at Falmouth College of Arts, and has been a computer journalist for nearly a decade. His previous publications include Web Production for Writers and Journalists (2002) and The Internet: The Basics (2002), also published by Routledge.

Review:

'The Cyberspace Handbook is that rare animal, an easy to read book about some complex technologies and ideas ... It's a great start point for anyone who wants to cut through the hype and actually start living and working in cyberspace' - First Monday Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 041516835X
• ISBN 13: 9780415168359
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336