Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics

Author:   Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Professor, Brown University)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780262533065


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   26 September 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics


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A work that bridges media archaeology and visual culture studies argues that the Internet has emerged as a mass medium by linking control with freedom and democracy.

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Author:   Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Professor, Brown University)
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780262533065


ISBN 10:   0262533065
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   26 September 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Wendy Chun's important new book explores one of the salient questions raised by networked computing: the paradox of furthering the directly opposed aims of surveillance and democracy,. - Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine


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Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, who has studied both systems design and English literature, is Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. She is the author of Control and Freedom- Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics and Programmed Visions- Software and Memory, both published by the MIT Press.

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