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title: "The Internet Galaxy"
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chunk: 2/2
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet_Galaxy"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T03:32:50.580826+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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"Human culture only exists in and by human minds,
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usually connected to human bodies.
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Therefore, if our minds have the material capability
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to access the whole realm of cultural expressions—select them,
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recombine them—we do have a hypertext: the hypertext is inside us."
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== The Geography of the Internet: Networked Places ==
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"Cities are faced with a challenge... It follows that public space and monumentality (museums, cultural centers, public art, architectural icons) will play a key role in marking space, and facilitating meaningful interaction."
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There are different ways in which to picture the geography of the Internet.
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The picture of the graph on the cover of the book resembles that of Matt Britt shown on the right.
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== The Digital Divide in a Global Perspective ==
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"Education, information, science, and technology
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become the critical sources of value creation
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in the Internet-based economy.
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Educational, informational, and technological resources are
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characterized by extremely uneven distribution throughout the world
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(UNESCO, 1999)."
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== Conclusion: The Challenges of the Network Society ==
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"I imagine one could say: ″Why don't you leave me alone?!
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I want no part of your Internet, of your technological civilization, of your network society! I just want to live my life!″..."
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== e-Links ==
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One of the significant features of the book (published in 2001 before
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the September 11 attacks and around the time of the
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dot-com bubble) is the
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inclusion of the e-Links section at the end of every chapter. Each e-Link is given as a URL, followed by a short text of one or two lines to describe the content. For example, at the end of Chapter 6 "The Politics of the Internet II: Privacy and Liberty in Cyberspace", a collection of 4 e-Links is given:
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cnetdownload.com
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junkbusters.com
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silentsurf.com
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anonymizer.com
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and the short explanatory text following is "Websites providing technological resources to protect privacy."
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There is one major flaw associated with the e-Links. None of the e-Links in The Internet Galaxy provide "the date of last access".
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== Notes ==
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== External references == |