Geographic Interpretations of the Internet

• Main Author: Kellerman, Aharon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Communication.; Computers and civilization.; Economic geography.; Mass media.; Social sciences in mass media.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Economic Geography.; Media Sociology.; Media and Communication.; Computers and Society.

This book introduces the Internet as a systematic geographical interpretation, thus shedding light on the Internet as a spatial entity. The book’s approach is to extend basic concepts developed for terrestrial geography to virtual space, most notably those relating to space, structure, distance, mov...