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Digital Revolutions Ch. 1

  • Historical sweep
  • Connections between communication technologies
    • Printing press
    • Internet
  • Connection between internet & Web
    • The internet is a physical infrastructure of linked technology
    • The Web is an application that sits “above” the internet
  • History seems really recent
    • Or it’s speeding up
    • People seem interested in rapid turnover
    • The web comes from 1990
    • YouTube 2005
    • Facebook 2004
  • The potential for social networks

  • How does this work as a book?
    • What's its approach?
    • What's its tone?
    • How does it support its assertions?