Dark fiber: tracking critical Internet culture

"In Dark Fiber, Lovink combines aesthetic and ethical concerns and issues of navigation and usability without ever losing sight of the cultural and economic agendas of those who control hardware, software, content, design, and delivery. He examines the unwarranted faith of the cyber-libertarian...

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Main Author: Lovink, Geert 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] MIT Press 2002
Series:Electronic culture
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Summary:"In Dark Fiber, Lovink combines aesthetic and ethical concerns and issues of navigation and usability without ever losing sight of the cultural and economic agendas of those who control hardware, software, content, design, and delivery. He examines the unwarranted faith of the cyber-libertarians in the ability of market forces to create a decentralized, accessible communication system. He studies the inner dynamics of hackers' groups, Internet activists, and artists, seeking to understand the social laws of online life. Finally, he calls for the injection of political and economic competence into the community of freedom-loving cyber-citizens, to wrest the Internet from corporate and state control."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. ([380]-382)
Physical Description:xi, 382 p. 24 cm
ISBN:0262122499

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