TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farivar,Cyrus
AU  - Cerf,Vinton G.
TI  - The Internet of elsewhere: the emergent effects of a wired world 
SN  - 1283864681
AV  - HM851 .F35 2011 
U1  - 303.483309 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New Brunswick, NJ
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Internet
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Estonia
KW  - Iran
KW  - Korea (South)
KW  - Senegal
KW  - Social Science
KW  - COMPUTERS
KW  - Information Technology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chatper 2; Chatper 3; Chapter 4; Conclusion; NOTES; INDEX
N2  - Through the lens of culture, The Internet of Elsewhere looks at the role of the Internet as a catalyst in transforming communications, politics, and economics. Cyrus Farivar explores the Internet's history and effects in four distinct and, to some, surprising societies-Iran, Estonia, South Korea, and Senegal. He profiles Web pioneers and surveys the environments in which they each work. Farivar contends that despite California's great success in creating the Internet and spawning companies like Apple and Google, in some areas the United States is still years behind other nations
ER  -