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Overview"In this collection of essays and interviews, Mark Poster examines theoretical approaches and develops his own position on our information based society. He contends that new communications media disrupt and transfigure the way identities are constituted in cultural exchanges. He looks in detail at several aspects of what might be called ""internet culture"", including virtuality and democracy. Poster advocates an awareness of the Internet and other new forms of communication, calling for a mobilization to ensure accessibility to all and to configure technology into vehicles of open cultural creation. For example, nothing is pure about the Internet politically, he points out, and it remains an open question as to who will transform the potentiality of new communications media into determinate cultural configurations. This book explores the rupture and potentiality between the electronic self and the face-to-face self inherent in new forms of technology and media." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark Poster , Stanley Aronowitz , Stanley Aronowitz (Distinguished Professor of Sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.000kg ISBN: 9789057012327ISBN 10: 9057012324 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 07 March 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMark Poster, University of California at Irvine, USA and Stanley Aronowitz, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |