Web History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781433104688)

This is the first edited volume to put the emerging field of web history on the agenda of internet research. Sixteen original chapters investigate how the use of the web has developed in the realm of web culture at large, as well as how the organization of web industries and old media institutions on the web have changed. A number of fundamental theoretical and methodological questions related to doing web history are also examined. The collection aims to explore some of the possible ways of approaching the web of the past, based on the assumption that the past is not only important for historical purposes, but because it must be taken into consideration in order to fully understand the web of the present and the web of the future. The book includes a foreword by Charles Ess and contributions from Kirsten Foot, Steven Schneider, Alexander Halavais, Ken Hillis, and more.

Author: Steve Jones
ISBN-10: 1433104687
ISBN-13: 9781433104688
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 03/04/2010
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2010 pg. 158