The Web as History
by Niels Brügger, Ralph Schroeder (eds)
Publisher: UCL Press 2017
ISBN/ASIN: 191130755X
ISBN-13: 9781911307556
Number of pages: 298
Description:
This volume argues that now is the time to question what we have learnt from the Web so far. The 12 chapters explore this topic from a number of interdisciplinary angles - through histories of national web spaces and case studies of different government and media domains - as well as an introduction that provides an overview of this exciting new area of research.
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