Cyberspace and the Geography of Information

• Autores: Greg Downey
• Localización: Encyclopedia of library and information sciences / coord. por Marcia J. Bates, Vol. 2, 2010 (CD-ROM-domain), págs. 1402-1411
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Cyberspace, defined as any electronically mediated informational environment in which social action (consumption, production, education, recreation, political participation, etc.) is fragmented across both the physical space of the body and the virtual space of the interface, may be studied from a myriad of geographical traditions which reveal: its historical roots in wired and wireless communication networks over space and time; its overlapping geographies of infrastructure, control, and use; its profound connection to global urbanization patterns; and its inevitable implications for global political-economic processes