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Nilan, Michael S. – Internet Research, 1993
Examines the relationship between a society's communication technology and Marshall McLuhan's concerns for human cognition, and between the technology and the ways that humans organize their societies. It is suggested that appropriate development of global electronic networks could have a positive effect on individual and organizational abilities…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Processes, Computer Networks, Global Approach