The net effect : romanticism, capitalism, and the internet

The net effect romanticism, capitalism, and the internet

This book about America's romance with computer communication looks at the internet, not as harbinger of the future or the next big thing, but as an expression of the times. Streeter demonstrates that our ideas about what connected computers are for have been in constant flux since their invent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Streeter, Thomas (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press c2010.
New York, NY : [2010]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Critical cultural communication.
Subjects:
Computers and civilization.
Computers > Social aspects.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817329006719
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. “Self-Motivating Exhilaration”
  • 2. Romanticism and the Machine
  • 3. Missing the Net
  • 4. Networks and the Social Imagination
  • 5. The Moment of Wired
  • 6. Open Source, the Expressive Programmer, and the Problem of Property
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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