The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory: Magic, Metaphor, Power
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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. Booknews A scholarly examination of the World Wide Web as a cultural technology. More than a dozen contributors from the social sciences and humanities examine the web as a complex nexus of economic, political, social and aesthetic forces, and theorize on how the different dimensions of the web as a complex practice come together. Authors explore the presence of the corporate media system, software piracy and the writing on the web, concluding with a remark that the web is a blend of magic, metaphor, and power. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The World Wide Web as Magic, Metaphor, and Power11So Much for the Magic of Technology and the Free Market: The World Wide Web and the Corporate Media System52Webs of Myth and Power: Connectivity and the New Computer Technopolis373Webs of Conspiracy614"Red Alert!": Rhetorics of the World Wide Web and "Friction Free" Capitalism775Yo-Ho-Ho and a Server of Warez: Internet Software Piracy and the New Global Information Economy996Shit Happens: Numerology, Destiny, and Control on the Web1277Hypertext Links: The Ethic of the Index and Its Space-Time Effects1458The Economy of Cyberpromotion: Awards on the World Wide Web1619The Bias of the Web17110Baud Girls and Cargo Cults: A Story about Celebrity, Community, and Profane Illumination on the Web18311Literacy Beyond Books: Reading When All the World's a Web20712Cultural Technologies and the "Evolution" of Technological Cultures23513Error 404: Doubting the Web259Bibliography277Contributors297Index301
