"[I]deal for readers seeking a more comprehensive look at information dissemination technology, its context, and its impact on the way in which we now live.  Meer

Let us start with a simple scenario: a man asks a woman "how high is Mount Everest?" The woman replies "29,029 feet." Nothing could be simpler. Now let us suppose that rather than standing in a room, or sitting on a bus, the man is at his desk and the woman is 300 miles away with the conversation taking place using e-mail.  Meer