Hello: Those of you interested in issues and applications of global networks may find the recent book, GLOBAL NETWORKS, of value. The 21 chapters written by leaders in networking from around the world, examine global networks from a range of perspectives: design, policy, cross-cultural communication, and future directions and focus on applications of global networks in education, work, and social communication. I hope that you will find Global Networks, the book, stimulating and relevant.
Cordially, Linda Harasim
GLOBAL NETWORKS: COMPUTERS AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION. Linda M. Harasim (ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England: MIT Press, 1993
Contents:
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Preface
Part 1 Overview
1 Global Networks: An Introduction Linda M. Harasim
2 Networlds: Networks as Social Space Linda M. Harasim
3 The Global Matrix of Minds John S. Quarterman
4 A Slice of Life in My Virtual Community Howard Rheingold
Part 2 Issues
5 Jurisdictional Quandaries for Global Networks Anne Branscomb
6 Computers, Networks, and Work Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler
7 Integrating Global Organizations through Task/Team Support Systems Marvin Manheim
8 Cross-Cultural Communication and CSCW Hiroshi Ishii
9 Global Networking for Local Development: Task Focus and Relationship Focus in Cross-Cultural Communication Jan Walls
10 Information Security: At Risk? Michael Kirby and Catherine Murray
Part 3 Applications
11 Building a Global Network: The WBSI Experience Andrew Feenberg
12 Computer Conferencing and the New Europe Robin Mason
13 Global Education through Learning Circles Margaret Riel
14 Technology Transfer in Global Networking: Capacity Building in Africa and Latin America Beryl Bellman, Alex Tindimubona, and Armando Arias, Jr.
15 Islands in the (Data)Stream: Language, Character Codes, and Electronic Isolation in Japan Jeffrey Shapard
16 Cognitive Apprenticeship on Global Networks Lucio Teles
17 Computer Networks and the Emergence of Global Civil Society Howard Frederick
Part 4 Visions for the Future
18 Social and Industrial Policy for Public Networks: Visions for the Future Mitchell Kapor and Daniel Weitzner
19 Co-Emulation: The Case for a Global Hypernetwork Society Shumpei Kumon and Izumi Aizu
20 Sailing through Cyberspace: Counting the Stars in Passing Robert Jacobson
21 The Global Authoring Network Linda M. Harasim and Jan WallsJFJBO@acad1.alaska.edu
Appendix Contributors Notes References Index
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From the MIT Press blurb:
GLOBAL NETWORKS takes up the host of issues raised by the new networking technology that now links individuals, groups, and organizations in different countries and on different continents. The twenty-one contributions focus on the implementation, applications, and impact of computer-mediated communication in a global context.
Previously limited to scientific research, global networks now have an impact on social, educational, and business communications. Individuals with a personal computer, a modem, and some simple software can join a new social community that is based on interest, not location. GLOBAL NETWORKS, which was written largely with the assistance of the Internet, provides an understanding of the issues, opportunities, and pitfalls of this new social connectivity. It looks at how networking technology can support and augment communication and collaboration from such perspectives as policy constraints and opportunities, language differences, cross-cultural communication, and social network design.
July 1993---340 pp. -- $29.95 0-262-08222-5 HARNH
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