Curious About the Internet?

Ned Snell, Sams

ISBN:0672304597, Edition: 1st, 1995-01-15

Price: $14.99

Contents

It's a network.
It's a loose organization.
It's a coffee house.
It's a mailbox.
It's a business tool.
It's a library.
It's a software shop.
It's a newspaper.
It's a living thing.

Chapter 2: Who Uses the Internet, and for What?

Scientists use it to solve.
Educators use it to educate.
Professionals use it to consult.
Businesses use it to compete.
Governments use it to disseminate.
Activists use it to activate.

Chapter 3: How Does the Internet Make the World a Better Place?

It supports scientific discovery.
It saves trees (maybe).
It exposes the truth.
It gives away free stuff.
It creates new business opportunities.
It accommodates the disabled.
It brings people and nations together.
It plays Cupid.
It prevents pointless walks to the Coke machine.
It makes people laugh.
It turns people on.

Chapter 4: Why Do Some People Worry About the Internet?

It separates and isolates people.
It distributes unreliable, unchecked information.
It spreads hate.
It creates job insecurity.
It threatens national security.
It enables piracy and sabotage.
It invades privacy.
It enables fraud.
It carries unrestricted pornography.
It empowers the few and excludes the many.

Chapter 5 What Does It Take to Use the Internet?

It takes a need for information or services.
It takes a properly equipped computer.
It takes a communications hookup.
It takes software tools for navigating the Internet.
It takes basic computer and communications skills.
It takes knowing where to look.
It takes practice.

Chapter 6: How Do People Communicate on the Internet?

They exchange e-mail.
They have one-to-one conversations.
They chat in groups.
They subscribe to mailing lists.
They post and read messages in newsgroups.
They find each other through directory services.

Chapter 7: How Do People Pick Up Information from the Internet?

They use other people's computers as their own.
They locate and copy files.
They burrow with Gopher.
They search with Veronica.
They browse the World Wide Web.

Chapter 8: What Fun Do People Have on the Internet?

They play interactive games.
They play e-mail games.
They try to win the Internet Hunt.
They read the funnies.
They play pretend in MUDs.
They create their own WWW home page.

Chapter 9: Where Is the Internet Headed?

The Internet is headed down the information superhighway.
The Internet is headed into business.
The Internet is headed into the classroom.
The Internet is headed into your TV.
The Internet is headed into oblivion (maybe).

Chapter 10: What If I'm Still Curious?

Inquire at an Internet organization.
Check out the online services.
Peruse computer and Internet magazines.
Buy an Internet book.