The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory

Magic, Metaphor, Power
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-92501-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 619 g

Engaging the thematic issues of the Web as a space where magic, metaphor, and power converge, the chapters cover such subjects as The Web and Corporate Media Systems, Conspiracy Theories and the Web; The Economy of Cyberpromotion, The Bias of the Web, The Web and Issues of Gender, and so on.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Herman, Andrew

Swiss, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Internet, E-Mail, Social Media
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Introduction: The World Wide Web as Magic, Metaphor, and Power, 1 So Much for the Magic of Technology and the Free Market: The World Wide Web and the Corporate Media System, 2 Webs of Myth and Power: Connectivity and the New Computer Technopolis, 3 Webs of Conspiracy, 4 Red Alert!: Rhetorics of the World Wide Web and Friction Free Capitalism, 5 Yo-Ho-Ho and a Server of Warez: Internet Software Piracy and the New Global Information Economy, 6 Shit Happens: Numerology, Destiny, and Control on the Web, 7 Hypertext Links: The Ethic of the Index and Its Space-Time Effects, 8 The Economy of Cyberpromotion: Awards on the World Wide Web, 9 The Bias of the Web, 10 Baud Girls and Cargo Cults: A Story about Celebrity, Community, and Profane Illumination on the Web, 11 Literacy Beyond Books: Reading When All the World's a Web, 12 Cultural Technologies and the Evolution of Technological Cultures, 13 Error 404: Doubting the Web, Bibliography, Contributors, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Herman is Associate Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies at Drake University. He is the author of The "Better Angels" Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative and Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class (Westview, 1998) and the forthcoming book, The "Goods "Life: Consumer Culture and Moral Identity in Contemporary America (Blackwell).
Thomas Swiss is Center for the Humanities Professor of English and Director of the Web-Assisted Curriculum at Drake University. He is the author of two collections of poems, including Rough Cut (Illinois UP, 1997). He is editor or co-editor of a number of books, including Key Terms for Popular Music and Culture (Blackwell, 1999). Herman and Swiss, with John H. Sloop, previously co-edited Mapping The Beat: Contemporary Theory And Popular Music (Blackwell, 1998).