The Network Nation

Download or read book The Network Nation written by Starr Roxanne Hiltz and published by Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1978 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA. Textbook on future electronic networks, with particular reference to computerized conferenceing - based on present innovations in telecommunications, attempts to forecast new forms of communication, and considers potential information exchange applications (e.g. E-mail, microcomputers, public opinion surveying, etc.), cost benefit analysis and possible social implications, together with data protection aspects and information policy issues. Bibliography pp. 494 to 516, diagrams, flow charts and statistical tables.