| Description |
312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index. |
| Contents |
World Wide Web as magic, metaphor, and power / Thomas Swiss and Andrew Herman -- So much for the magic of technology and the free market : the World Wide Web and the corporate media system / Robert McChesney -- Webs of myth and power : connectivity and the new computer technopolis / Vincent Mosco -- Webs of conspiracy / Jodi Dean -- "Red alert!" : rhetorics of the World Wide Web and "friction free" capitalism / Andrew Herman and John H. Sloop -- Yo-ho-ho and a server of warez : Internet software piracy and the new global information economy / David Tetzlaff -- Shit happens : numerology, destiny, and control on the Web / Sean Cubitt -- Hypertext links : the ethic of the index and its space-time effects / Rob Shields -- Economy of cyberpromotion : awards on the World Wide Web / Greg Elmer -- Bias of the Web / Steven Jones -- Baud girls and cargo cults : a story about celebrity, community, and profane illumination on the Web / Theresa M. Senft -- Literacy beyond books : reading when all the world's a web / Nancy Kaplan -- Cultural technologies and the "evolution" of technological cultures / Jody Berland -- Error 404 : doubting the Web / Stuart Moulthrop. |
| Subject |
Culture.
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Culture. |
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World Wide Web -- Social aspects.
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World Wide Web -- Social aspects. |
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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Internet -- Social aspects. |
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Mass media and culture.
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Mass media and culture. |
| Added Author |
Herman, Andrew, 1957-
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Swiss, Thomas, 1952-
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| ISBN |
0415925010 |
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9780415925013 |
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0415925029 paperback |
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9780415925020 paperback |
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