The World Wide Web and contemporary cultural theory / edited by Andrew Herman & Thomas Swiss.

Other author Herman, Andrew, 1957-
Other author Swiss, Thomas, 1952-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2000.
Description312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The 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 -- The economy of cyberpromotion : awards on the World Wide Web / Greg Elmer -- The 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index.
LCCN 00044643
ISBN0415925010
ISBN0415925029 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HM621 .W67 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold