White Noise: An A-Z of the Contradictions of Cyberculture 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Calcutt, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333699556 ISBN-13: 9780333699553 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $175.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Computers | Internet - General |
Dewey: 303.483 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.83 lbs) 180 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |