Nettime: Why Families Use the Internet

By Jamie McKenzie

""NetTime is an introduction to the beneficial side of the Internet. Written by a father of two and a nationally recognized expert on the use of the Internet by children, it helps your family decide how to blend the Internet's exciting resources into your family's activities in ways that enhance the quality of life and contribute to family togetherness.

The move to a graphical Internet (that is to say, the World Wide Web) has fueled an explosion of consumer and family-oriented ventures not seen since the introduction of cable TV. At the same time the press has heightened family anxieties by focusing on the worst aspects of the Web.

This book offers guidance and reassurance that goes beyond simple listings of sites and pointers on how to use the Internet. Families who have been using the Web, email, and other Internet tools share their stories. From home-schooling to keeping in touch with family members in distant locations, the Internet has something to offer all family members. Through ""NetTime,"" you'll learn how the Internet can meet your family's needs.

Songline Guides

Songline Guides use the stories of the ""first-wave"" of Internet users to educate and motivate those who are not yet online or those who are casual online users, unsure of its benefits. They are nontechnical guides, written for a specific audience to show them how they can benefit from being online.

Using the experiences of real people, the guides present the online world in terms that a colleague would use, dealing straight-on with typical problems and difficulties. The goal is to show you how much can be done online and how it will directly benefit you.

These books are like travel guides in thatthey help orient you to a new place and help you immerse yourself in a new culture. Practically speaking, they offer advice on how to adapt, how to get what you want, and where to go to get help. Each guide has three components: (1) a subject-specific book; (2) a CD-ROM with online software and some free online time with an Internet service provider; (3) an online component.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156592228X
• ISBN13: 9781565922280
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 300 Pages