The Revolution Will Not Be Downloaded

Tara Brabazon 지음

elsevier 2008년 01월 31일 출간

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This book attacks the often implicit and damaging assumption that ？？everyone？？ is online and that ？？everyone？？ is using online resources within the specified parameters of employers, government and national laws. This book summons a critical Web Studies, asking not only who is using particular applications, but also how and why. This remedial work is required. The concept and label of ？？Web 2.0？？ is part of a wide-ranging suite of assumptions that offer simple answers to difficult questions. The term captures a desire for online collaboration and the sharing of information, performed most visibly through blogs, podcasts and wikis. Other ？？products？？ that capture the Web 2.0 ideology include Google Maps, Facebook, MySpace and Flickr. Within this framework, websites no long hold information but become a platform to connect applications with users. The business applications have gained the most attention - particularly content syndication - but there are also ？？political？？ initiatives overlaying this project including open communication, the sharing of data and the deep linking of web architecture.Development of innovative concepts and models to manage the digital divideEvocative studies of the digitally excluded and downloading communitiesAttention to digital literacy and online education

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？？his book succeeds in raising many issues relevant to a critical understanding of Internet cultures and web 2.0.？？ worthwhile read for both academics and students examining digital technologies., Information, Communication & SocietyThis book presents a counter perspective to much of the hype about the Internet. It is refreshing and opens a debate that needs to occur more frequently and in more depth in many communities and spaces that engage with the Internet and society., Library ManagementIt is unusual to find writing so engaged with those marginalized from the web., The Electronic Library (Emerald Publishing)

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저자(글) Tara Brabazon