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by: Committee to Study Global Netoworks and Local Values, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Reseach Council  Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 303.4834 EAN: 9780309073103 ISBN: 0309073103 Label: National Academies Press Manufacturer: National Academies Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 260 Publication Date: January 01, 2001 Publisher: National Academies Press Studio: National Academies Press Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Provides perspective and direction, focusing on the relationship between global information networks and local values--the political, economic, and cultural norms that shape our daily lives. Softcover. Book Description: Whether you call it the third wave, the information revolution, or the virtually connected world, the implications of a global information network are profound. As a society, we want to forestall the possible negative impacts without closing the door to the potential benefits. But how? Global Networks and Local Values provides perspective and direction, focusing on the relationship between global information networks and local values-that is, the political, economic, and cultural norms that shape our daily lives. This book is structured around an illuminating comparison between U.S. and German approaches toward global communication and information flow. (The United States and Germany are selected as two industrialized, highly networked countries with significant social differences.) Global Networks and Local Values captures the larger context of technology and culture, explores the political and commercial institutions where the global network functions, and highlights specific issues such as taxation, privacy, free speech, and more. The committee contrasts the technical uniformity that makes global communication possible with the diversity of the communities being served and explores the prospects that problems resulting from technology can be resolved by still more technology. This thoughtful volume will be of interest to everyone concerned about the social implications of the global Internet. 
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