ABSTRACT

Provides a wide-ranging survey of the sociolinguistic issues raised by the impact of information technology. The author demonstrates how and in which ways the new technologies both affect human communication and are in turn affected by the way people communicate using the technologies.

chapter One|10 pages

Introduction

chapter Two|19 pages

People communicating

chapter Three|23 pages

The computer at work

chapter Four|12 pages

The computer as phone message service

chapter Five|34 pages

The computer as communication site

chapter Six|29 pages

The computer as text processor

chapter Seven|32 pages

The computer as knowledge broker