A new theory of information and the Internet : public sphere meets protocol / Mark Balnaves, Michele Willson.

By:

Balnaves, Mark [author.]

Contributor(s):

Willson, Michele A, 1964- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1433110628
9781433110627
1433110636
9781433110634

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

025.04 22

LOC classification:

QA76.9.U83 B34 2011

Contents:

Introduction -- Information and its reality (Definitions, discipline and dichotomies) -- Networks and relevance (Intention, knowledge representation and the theoretical index of mind) -- The informed citizen (Haberma's Theory of Information) -- Protocol and Machinic infrastructure (Interface, time, place, and space) -- Trading spaces (From knitters and skinners to aggregators) -- Collaborative rules (Activism, c2c and the gift economy) -- Conclusion.

Summary: "The internet is a complex environment that affronts many practices while constraining others. The challenge is to develop language and tools to critically engage with these environments and to navigate the topology of being a citizen in a technologically mediated environment. This book begins this undertaking." -- Back Cover.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The internet is a complex environment that affronts many practices while constraining others. The challenge is to develop language and tools to critically engage with these environments and to navigate the topology of being a citizen in a technologically mediated environment. This book begins this undertaking." -- Back Cover.

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