Persuasion and Privacy in Cyberspace: The Online Protests Over Lotus Marketplace and the Clipper Chip

by Laura J. Gurak

Book Overview

What happens when the Internet is used as a forum for public debate? Does the speed and power of computer-mediated communication foster democratic discourse and protest? This fascinating book examines two examples of social action on the Internet--the organized protests against Lotus MarketPlace and the Clipper chip--in order to evaluate the impact of the net on our social and political life.

In 1990, Lotus Development Corporation announced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300078641
• ISBN13: 9780300078640
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"