Dark Fiber

Tracking Critical Internet Culture

Geert Lovink

382 pages, parution le 30/09/2002

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Résumé

In Dark Fiber, Lovink combines aesthetic and ethical concerns and issues of navigation and usability without ever losing sight of the cultural and economic agendas of those who control hardware, software, content, design, and delivery. He examines the unwarranted faith of the cyber-libertarians in the ability of market forces to create a decentralized, accessible communication system. He studies the inner dynamics of hackers' groups, Internet activists, and artists, seeking to understand the social laws of online life. Finally, he calls for the injection of political and economic competence into the community of freedom-loving cyber-citizens, to wrest the Internet from corporate and state control.

Contents

Theory
Crystals of Net Criticism
Travelogues
Dynamics of Net Culture
Reality Check
Towards a Political Economy

L'auteur - Geert Lovink

Geert Lovink is an independent media theorist and net critic. He is the founder of nettime mailing lists, a member of Adilkno, and a cofounder of the online community server Digital City.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The MIT Press
Auteur(s)	Geert Lovink
Parution	30/09/2002
Nb. de pages	382
Format	18,3 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	933g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780262122498
ISBN13	978-0-262-12249-8