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Title: Especially recommended for those new to the Internet
Review: In Getting The Web: Understanding The Nature And Meaning Of The Internet, Jeanne Follman offers a penetrating and informative survey of the scope and impact of the Internet. Written specifically for the non-specialist general reader, a series of informative, thoughtful essays explain how the Internet relates to the written tradition, how images convey complex information, how the Web enables lay people to become radio and video broadcasts, how open standards provide a way for people from all manner of backgrounds to interact cooperatively, and what happens when traditional barriers to commerce and communication are eliminated locally, regionally, nationally, and globally. Getting The Web is especially recommended for those new to the Internet, as well as those who have wondered about how the web is changing almost all aspects of modern life, culture, society, commerce, education, and governance.
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