Control And Freedom: Power And Paranoia In The Age Of Fiber Optics
674da32071 Instead, she invents a third path that sees the body as always already mediated. Gmail. In this fine and enjoyable book, Chun traces the intermedial connections between online and offline representations of race and gender. TotalsTotalMonthly AverageHits5825.65Downloads2742.66Show Month by MonthHide Month by MonthBy MonthMonthHitsDownloads2016-05302016-04812016-03712016-021132016-01702015-12512015-111522015-10702015-09402015-08412015-07402015-06202015-051102015-041202015-031222015-021322015-01402014-12502014-111122014-10402014-09302014-08202014-07302014-06312014-05302014-04202014-03502014-02812014-01532013-12402013-111022013-10312013-09312013-08202013-06212013-05302013-04402013-03332013-02612013-01202012-121032012-11612012-10622012-09212012-08102012-07412012-06202012-05202012-04312012-03312012-02622012-01412011-12302011-111102011-09202011-07102011-06102011-05102011-04112011-02102010-12302010-11522010-10812010-091012010-07202010-06202010-05402010-04602010-03822010-02102010-01302009-12412009-11822009-10102009-09332009-08332009-06112009-05332009-04882009-0310102009-02882009-01222008-12992008-11332008-10442008-09222008-08332008-06882008-05332008-0416162008-0316162008-02882008-01772007-12772007-1111112007-10772007-09882007-08442007-07772007-0613132007-0520202007-0416162007-031212Hide Month by Month. Play. This is a lucid, rigorous, and fascinating critical analysis of new media."–Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Visual Culture Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison“"*Control and Freedom* makes a major contribution to our understanding of digital media and networked society. My Account.
Rather, it argues that the Internets potential for democracy stems not from illusory promises of individual empowerment, but rather from the ways in which it exposes us to others, and to other machines. To exploit this potential, we need to engage all layers of the Internethardware, software, interface, and extra-medial representationto see where the gaps lie and to understand the differences between technological and social control. 7 x 9 in 62 illus. December 2005Paperback $20.95 Trade 15.95 ISBN: 9780262533065 368 pp. Her book also breaks free of the tired old binary of techno-euphoria vs. .. So, importantly, Control and Freedom denigrates neither the Internet nor freedom. How? Why? What dreams and desires drove the Internets transformation from a communications network used mainly by academics and the military to an integral part of everyday life? And how does the experience of actually using the Internet differ from the hype that surrounds it? Driven by these questions, Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics argues that a strange coupling of control and freedom has been central to Internets emergence as a commercial mass medium.
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