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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Calcutt Klappentext Transcending recent attempts to pigeonhole 'the information revolution'! this book shows how the paradoxical aspects of new media and the Internet (is it masculine or feminine? Does it mean peace or war?) are the peculiarly intense expression of the contradictions underlying our whole society. Andrew Calcutt is an enthusiastic champion of the potential for new communications technology! and a trenchant critic of the culture of fear which prevents its realisation. Zusammenfassung Transcending recent attempts to pigeonhole 'the information revolution'! this book shows how the paradoxical aspects of new media and the Internet (is it masculine or feminine? Andrew Calcutt is an enthusiastic champion of the potential for new communications technology! and a trenchant critic of the culture of fear which prevents its realisation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Anarchy/Authority Boys/Girls Community/ Isolation Democracy/Diversity Equality/Elitism Fee/Free Hacking/Slacking Gates/Anti-Gates Innovation/Stagnation Journalism/Personalism Knockers/Boosters Logical/Mystical M-o-R/Counterculture Nostalgia/Futurism Overload/Information Play/Work Queer/Ordinary Risk/Safety Subject/Object Technical/Cultural Universal/Particular Virtual/Virtual War/Peace X-rated/Infantilisation Youth/Age Zero Sum Game/Everything to Play for Index

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Andrew Calcutt

Transcending recent attempts to pigeonhole 'the information revolution', this book shows how the paradoxical aspects of new media and the Internet (is it masculine or feminine? Does it mean peace or war?) are the peculiarly intense expression of the contradictions underlying our whole society. Andrew Calcutt is an enthusiastic champion of the potential for new communications technology, and a trenchant critic of the culture of fear which prevents its realisation.

Preface Anarchy/Authority Boys/Girls Community/ Isolation Democracy/Diversity Equality/Elitism Fee/Free Hacking/Slacking Gates/Anti-Gates Innovation/Stagnation Journalism/Personalism Knockers/Boosters Logical/Mystical M-o-R/Counterculture Nostalgia/Futurism Overload/Information Play/Work Queer/Ordinary Risk/Safety Subject/Object Technical/Cultural Universal/Particular Virtual/Virtual War/Peace X-rated/Infantilisation Youth/Age Zero Sum Game/Everything to Play for Index

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