Thinking big in the global village

Author

Gurak, Laura J.

Author_Institution

Minnesota Univ., St. Paul, MN, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Internet technologies inspires us to think beyond national borders. The ability to collaborate, communicate, and do business online offers the potential for a truly global village. Yet communication in cyberspace is by no means seamless. Issues of gender, copyright, free speech, privacy, and electronic commerce must be considered in terms of global, not local, standards. This paper presents thoughts and considerations on each of these individual issues, connecting to other research and noting that despite the abundance of utopian claims about online communication, there are still many challenges before we can truly utilize the Internet at its full potential

Keywords

Internet; copyright; data privacy; electronic commerce; gender issues; social aspects of automation; standards; Internet technologies; collaboration; copyright; electronic commerce; free speech; gender issues; global standards; global village; online business; online communication; privacy; Acoustic materials; Communication standards; Cultural differences; Electronic commerce; Global communication; Internet; Navigation; Privacy; Space technology; Speech;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Professional Communication Conference, 1999. IPCC 99. Communication Jazz: Improvising the New International Communication Culture. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5709-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPCC.1999.799093

Filename

799093