Review article

Paradoxes of the Internet as a Communication Medium

Goran Bubaš

Abstract

With the rapid technological advancement and widespread use of the Internet in various
human activities and enterprises, some unusual, intriguing and unexpected phenomena
emerge that are related to this communication medium. After identifying a
considerable number of such controversies and paradoxes, an analysis is performed
and they are classified into following categories: psychosocial, social-political, economic,
technological, and mass media phenomena. It is concluded that the paradoxes
of the Internet should be observed as part of the rather chaotic process of development,
introduction, and adoption of this individualized and mass communication medium

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Hrčak ID:

23367

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/23367

Publication date:

12.12.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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