532 pages
Purchase Details
Hardback, 0-7619-2382-9
Publication date: 2003

a Specialist Reference title

From ARPANET to the World Wide Web, the Encyclopedia of New Media presents entries that explain the key terms, concepts, trends, and buzzwords that become the everyday language of the Internet and global society. Edited by Steve Jones, one of the leading scholars in and founders of the new media field, the Encyclopedia explores the evolution and revolution in digital communications and human-computer interaction from an interdisciplinary, historical, social, and global perspective.

Featuring contributions from an international group of scholars as well as science technology writers and editors, the Encyclopedia covers a broad spectrum. The articles are balanced between information technology and the social landscape and provide detailed descriptions and definitions of:

Terms, covering information and communication technologies and their social contexts
Pioneers, such as Marc Andreessen, Marshall McLuhan, and Steve Jobs
Authors and entertainers, such as William Gibson and George Lucas
Social issues, such as Privacy, Security, and Cyberwarfare
Technologies, including Bluetooth, MP3, and Linux
Businesses, such as Amazon.com and Napster
Associations, such as the World Wide Web Consortium
Laws, such as the Communications Decency Act

About the editor: Steve Jones (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is Professor and Head of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, President and founder of the Association of Internet Researchers, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Dr. Jones is the author or editor of several books on Internet studies and research. In addition, he is a co-editor of the Sage journal New Media & Society.