| Description |
viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Digital formations ; vol. 66 |
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Digital formations ; vol. 66
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Information and its reality (Definitions, discipline and dichotomies) -- Networks and relevance (Intention, knowledge representation and the theoretical index of mind) -- The informed citizen (Haberma's Theory of Information) -- Protocol and Machinic infrastructure (Interface, time, place, and space) -- Trading spaces (From knitters and skinners to aggregators) -- Collaborative rules (Activism, c2c and the gift economy) -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"The internet is a complex environment that affronts many practices while constraining others. The challenge is to develop language and tools to critically engage with these environments and to navigate the topology of being a citizen in a technologically mediated environment. This book begins this undertaking." -- Back Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Computer network resources -- Public opinion.
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Internet searching.
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Internet -- Social aspects.
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User interfaces (Computer systems)
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World Wide Web.
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| Author |
Willson, Michele A., 1964- author
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| LC no. |
2011008412 |
| ISBN |
1433110628 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1433110636 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781433110627 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9781433110634 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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