UID:
almahu_9949383634402882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) :
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illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
9781000740660
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1000740668
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9780367817534
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0367817535
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1000740927
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9781000740790
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100074079X
,
9781000740929
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in human geography
Content:
"This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent research on the internet, emphasizing its spatial dimensions, geospatial applications, and the numerous social and geographic implications such as the digital divide and the mobile internet. Written by leading scholars in the field, the book sheds light on the origins and the multiple facets of the internet. It addresses the various definitions of cyberspace and the rise of the World Wide Web, draws upon the media theory, as well as explores the physical infrastructure such as the global skein of fibre optics networks and broadband connectivity. Several economic dimensions, such as e-commerce, e-tailing, e-finance, e-government, and e-tourism are also explored. Apart from its most common uses such as Google Earth, social media like Twitter, and neogeography, this volume also presents internet's novel uses for ethnographic research and the study of digital diasporas. Illustrated with numerous graphics, maps and charts, the book will best serve as supplementary reading for academics, researchers, and as a professional handbook for policy makers involved in communications, media, retailing, and economic development"--
Note:
Introduction -- Part I. Conceiving the history, technology, and geography of the internet. Is cyberspace there after all? -- The World Wide Web as media ecology -- Robustness and the internet : a geographic fiber-optic infrastructure perspective -- The history of broadband -- The mobile internet -- Geographies of the internet in rural areas in developing countries -- Geographies of global digital divides -- Part II. Political economy of the internet. The geography of e-commerce -- Online retailing -- Finance and information technologies : opposite sides of the same coin -- E-tourism -- The state and cyberspace : e-government geographies -- A geography of the internet in China -- Part III. The internet in everyday life. Google Earth --Augmented reality : an overview -- Twitter -- Neogeography -- Ethnographic research and the internet -- Cyber-spatial cartographies of digital diasporas -- Wearable internet for wellness and health : interdigital territories of new technology -- The Internet of Things.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Geographies of the internet Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9780367420420
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367817534
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