The net effect : romanticism, capitalism, and the internet /
Streeter, Thomas.
The net effect : romanticism, capitalism, and the internet / Thomas Streeter. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - ix, 219 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical cultural communication . - Critical cultural communication. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-211) and index.
"Self-motivating exhilaration": on the cultural sources of computer communication -- Romanticism and the machine: the formation of the computer counterculture -- Missing the net: the 1980s, microcomputers, and the rise of neoliberalism -- Networks and the social imagination -- The moment of wired -- Open source, the expressive programmer, and the problem of property -- Conclusion: capitalism, passions, democracy.
9780814741153 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780814741160 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814741177 (ebook)
2010024294
GBB0A4558 bnb
015639216 Uk
Computers and civilization.
Computers--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
QA76.9.C66 / S884 2011
303.48/33
The net effect : romanticism, capitalism, and the internet / Thomas Streeter. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - ix, 219 p. ; 24 cm. - Critical cultural communication . - Critical cultural communication. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-211) and index.
"Self-motivating exhilaration": on the cultural sources of computer communication -- Romanticism and the machine: the formation of the computer counterculture -- Missing the net: the 1980s, microcomputers, and the rise of neoliberalism -- Networks and the social imagination -- The moment of wired -- Open source, the expressive programmer, and the problem of property -- Conclusion: capitalism, passions, democracy.
9780814741153 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780814741160 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780814741177 (ebook)
2010024294
GBB0A4558 bnb
015639216 Uk
Computers and civilization.
Computers--Social aspects.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Internet--Social aspects.
QA76.9.C66 / S884 2011
303.48/33