Women are still a minority on the Internet, and this book is a guide for those who want access to its resources. Included is an overview of how the Net works, its history, and the role of gender, anonymity, privacy, pornography, harrassment and security. The author introduces and guides the reader through the various services available, such as email, electronic conferencing, bulletin boards, news groups and electronic communities. Methods of finding information and bringing it home are explained, and the reader is introduced to the possibilities of the World Wide Web.
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The Internet is a vast networks which literally connects millions of people world-wide via their computers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operating prompt, virtual sisterhood, message reading, unmoderated list, administrative address, terminal package, email packages, tag pair, pass phrase, international policy makers, women online Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Wide Web, Netscape Navigator, Coalition Against Trafficking, Virginia Woolf, Grace Hopper, United Nations, Electronic Witches, Barbara Ann, Virtual Sisterhood, Women Online, Internet Relay Chat, Microsoft Word, Ada Lovelace, Coalition's Web, Eudora Lite, Folder Index, Getting Started, Harvard Mark, Judy Clapp, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, United States, Charles Babbage, Coalition Web, Global Directory New!
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The Internet is a vast networks which literally connects millions of people world-wide via their computers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operating prompt, virtual sisterhood, message reading, unmoderated list, administrative address, terminal package, email packages, tag pair, pass phrase, international policy makers, women online Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Wide Web, Netscape Navigator, Coalition Against Trafficking, Virginia Woolf, Grace Hopper, United Nations, Electronic Witches, Barbara Ann, Virtual Sisterhood, Women Online, Internet Relay Chat, Microsoft Word, Ada Lovelace, Coalition's Web, Eudora Lite, Folder Index, Getting Started, Harvard Mark, Judy Clapp, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, United States, Charles Babbage, Coalition Web, Global Directory New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet by Sherry Turkle on page 49, page 123, and Back Matter
- Building Babel by Suniti Namjoshi in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Silicon Tongue by Beryl Fletcher in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nattering on the Net by Dale Spender in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Computer Science: A Concise Introduction by Ian Robertson Sinclair in Back Matter
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- Face to Face: Making Dance and Theatre in Community by Judi Fisher in Back Matter
- WOMEN, VIOLENCE & STRATEGIES FOR ACTION by RADFORD on page 56
- South East Asian Identities Pb by Joel S. Kahn on page 258
- Car Maintenance, Explosives and Love by Susan Hawthorne PhD in Back Matter
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