The Cultural Imaginary of the Internet [electronic resource] : Virtual Utopias and Dystopias /
Yar, M.author.
Contemporary culture offer contradictory views of the internet and new media technologies, painting them in extremes of optimistic enthusiasm and pessimistic concern. This book explores such representations, uncovering the roots of our cultural responses to the internet, centred upon a profoundly ambivalent reaction to technological modernity.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyrights; Dedication; Contents; Note on the Author; 1 Unravelling Utopiasand Dystopias; 2 The Techno-ScientificUtopias of Modernity:From Real to Virtual; 3 Virtual Utopias and theImaginary of the Internet; 4 The Dystopian Worldsof Techno-Science; 5 Virtual Dystopias and theImaginary of the Internet; 6 Beyond Virtual Utopiasand Dystopias?; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contemporary culture offer contradictory views of the internet and new media technologies, painting them in extremes of optimistic enthusiasm and pessimistic concern. This book explores such representations, uncovering the roots of our cultural responses to the internet, centred upon a profoundly ambivalent reaction to technological modernity.
Culture.
Sociology.
Criminology.
Communication.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Cultural studies.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology, general.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Media Studies.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Cultural Studies.