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Author:

Kavanaugh, Beatrice, author.

Title:

Computing and the Internet / Beatrice Kavanaugh.

Publisher:

Mason Crest,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Internet--Social aspects--Juvenile literature.
Computers--Social aspects--Juvenile literature.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
Computers--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76) and index.

Contents:

History of the digital revolution -- Current advances in digital technology -- Economic and social impact -- Regulating digital content -- Moving toward the future.

Summary:

Since it became widely available for public use in the early 1990s, the Internet has proven to be amazingly useful for facilitating communication, distributing information, and sharing knowledge. Human society has already been changed by the Internet, and as new technologies develop, even more opportunities will be available to people online. However, some people have concerns about technology and privacy, the availability of new technology to everyone, and whether information shown on the web might influence people or cultures in a negative way. This book looks at the role that the Internet and computer technologies play in society, and considers some of the questions that are raised by its development.

Series:

STEM: shaping the future

ISBN:

1422237125
9781422237120 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)962887496

LCCN:

2016439743

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

EEPC605 -- George Public Library (George)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

NXPA663 -- Stacyville Public Library (Stacyville)

SSPB104 -- Winthrop Public Library (Winthrop)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)