information society

1. Global Paradox -- 2. Powering the Paradox: The Telecommunications Revolution -- 3. Travel: Globalization of the World's Largest Industry -- 4. New Rules: A Universal Code of Conduct for the 21st Century -- 5. The Dragon Century: The Chinese Commonwealth - Gaining Power from its Parts -- 6. Asia and latin America: New Areas of Opportunity.

Traces the history of information technology from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the twenty-first century, and profiles individuals who contributed to advances, including Charles Babbage, inventor of the first mechanical computer, Ada Byron, the first true programmer Samuel Morse, Alan Turing, and others.

Introduces teenagers to social networking and information sharing.

Explores the dark side of the new digital revolution, Web 2.0, and its detrimental influence on modern-day culture, society, and business, explaining the repercussions of this cult of the amateur and offering solutions for countering its impact on modernlife.

Explains how Google became one of the world's leading IPOs and reveals how it contributed to changes in information searching and viral marketing.