TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herman,Andrew
AU  - Swiss,Thomas
TI  - The World Wide Web and contemporary cultural theory
SN  - 0415925029
AV  - HM621. W67 2000
U1  - 306.46 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Culture
KW  - World Wide Web
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Internet
KW  - Mass media and culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: The World Wide Web as Magic, Metaphor, and Power --; 1; So Much for the Magic of Technology and the Free Market: The World Wide Web and the Corporate Media System --; 2; Webs of Myth and Power: Connectivity and the New Computer Technopolis --; 3; Webs of Conspiracy --; 4; "Red Alert!": Rhetorics of the World Wide Web and "Friction Free" Capitalism --; 5; Yo-Ho-Ho and a Server of Warez: Internet Software Piracy and the New Global Information Economy --; 6; Shit Happens: Numerology, Destiny, and Control on the Web --; 7; Hypertext Links: The Ethic of the Index and Its Space-Time Effects --; 8; The Economy of Cyberpromotion: Awards on the World Wide Web --; 9; The Bias of the Web --; 10; Baud Girls and Cargo Cults: A Story about Celebrity, Community, and Profane Illumination on the Web --; 11; Literacy Beyond Books: Reading When All the World's a Web --; 12; Cultural Technologies and the "Evolution" of Technological Cultures --; 13; Error 404: Doubting the Web --; Bibliography --; Contributors --; Index
ER  -