DocumentCode
1254659
Title
The portrayal of the network in the popular media, or what the non-techie person-on-the-street must think of us!
Author
Kessler, Gary C. ; Shepard, Steven D.
Author_Institution
Hill Associates Inc., Colchester, VT, USA
Volume
35
Issue
5
fYear
1997
fDate
5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
114
Lastpage
118
Abstract
Telecommunications networks, and the Internet in particular, were unknown to people outside of the industry until just a few years ago. Today, everyone knows about the Net. But what do people actually know? And where do nontechnical audiences learn what they “know”? This article examines just a few of the ways in which the popular media (books and movies) has presented networks and networkers to the masses
Keywords
Internet; Internet; books; movies; network users; nontechnical audiences; popular media; telecommunications networks; ARPANET; Books; Casting; Computer hacking; History; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet; Packet switching; Protocols;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/35.592104
Filename
592104
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