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Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 24:192-204
The growth of use of the Internet, and particularly the World Wide Web, has made electronic libraries a reality of sorts, and put publishing electronically within the grasp of anyone with a computer and a method of Internet connection. This has re-em
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 24:123-132
The current focus of attention on the Internet has diversified to also address the notion of the ‘intranet’, as an information resource within an organisation, and by the logic of etymology ‘extranets’ are also being talked about. The primary
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 23:149-162
The development of the ability to incorporate pictures into screen displays may well have been the main factor in making the World Wide Web what is commonly described as the Internet’s ‘killer application’. While the production of computer grap
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 23:81-90
On 1 February 1996, a US Government statute called the Communications Decency Act (CDA) was passed by Congress, with the intent of controlling Internet pornography and making the Net safe for children by banning ‘indecent’ content. A widely criti
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 22:381-390
The question 'How big is the Internet?' can be answered in a variety of ways, depending on definitions of what the Internet in fact is, counting of full populations of computers connected to it, and estimating of user populations based on surveyed sa
Autor:
George McMurdo, A. J. Meadows
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 22:335-348
Current trends in information technology developments mean that computer-mediated communication (CMC) systems can be expected to become progressively more versatile, widespread and significant both for work and for education. All students and staff o
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 22:299-314
Networking can be thought of either as a technical process, for which methods for successful operation are relatively straightforward, or conversely as an entirely non-technical process, involving higher-level interpersonal, social and organisational
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 22:198-212
The hypertext mark-up language (HTML) is the basis of information provision on the Internet's fast-growing World Wide Web. This medium has increasingly become both an imperative of organizational self-presentation and a part of the mass media and pop
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 22:133-146
The use of codes and other methods of concealing the contents of messages is as old as recorded information. With the advent of computer communication, the need for a method of ensuring secure communication over insecure channels, such as the Interne
Autor:
George McMurdo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Information Science. 22:63-77
The increasing use of computers and robots at the work place and in peoples' personal lives, paralleled with their portrayal, interpretation and representation in the media and popular culture, has in recent years raised general awareness of some iss