Geographic Interpretations of the Internet
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 thos
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Aharon Kellerman
Geographic Interpretations of the Internet
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SpringerBriefs in Geography
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Aharon Kellerman
Geographic Interpretations of the Internet
123
Aharon Kellerman University of Haifa Haifa Israel
ISSN 2211-4165 SpringerBriefs in Geography ISBN 978-3-319-33803-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-33804-0
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016937386 © The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Dedicated to my granddaughter Alma-Chaya
Preface
This book constitutes yet another building block in my continuous efforts to contribute to the development, establishment and presentation of the geographical dimensions of the Internet. Back in 2002, in my book The Internet on Earth: A Geography of Information, I attempted to draw the geography of the Internet, as part of the wider area of the geography of information, focusing mainly on its revelation in real space. My two following books, devoted to the study of mobility, Personal Mobilities (2006) and Daily Spatial Mobilities (2012), experimented with the Internet as a type of virtual mobility, operated by people side by side with their mobilities in real space. Finally yet significantly, my last book, The Internet as Second Action Space (2014), tackled with the more recent trend of individuals using the Internet as an additional operational space, or even as a replacement, for the ‘natural’ and veteran physical space. This rather brief book takes yet another course in my continuous exploration of geographical dimensions of the Internet, this time dealing with the geography of the Internet as cyberspace, in its constitution of a special class of space. We will attempt, in the following chapters, to use concept
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