Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics
"Control and Freedom is the most theoretically rich, deftly written, and                 historically grounded treatment of race in cyberspace to date. In this fine and                 enjoyable book, Chun traces the intermedial connections between online and offline                 representations of race and gender. This is a lucid, rigorous, and fascinating                 critical analysis of new media." Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of Communication                 Arts and Visual Culture Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison"*Control and Freedom* is the most theoretically rich, deftly written,                 and historically grounded treatment of race in cyberspace to date. In this fine and                 enjoyable book, Chun traces the intermedial connections between online and offline                 representations of race and gender. This is a lucid, rigorous, and fascinating                 critical analysis of new media."--Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of                 Communication Arts and Visual Culture Studies, University of Wisconsin -                 Madison"*Control and Freedom* makes a major contribution to our understanding of                 digital media and networked society. Chun offers up a refreshing and much-needed                 challenge to the core assumptions of Lev Manovich's *The Language of New Media*,                 moving beyond that book's insistent formalism toward a more contextualized                 understanding of the difference that a medium makes. Her book also breaks free of                 the tired old binary of techno-euphoria vs. techno-phobia, challenging popular                 assumptions that the computer is either empowering and transparent or a relentless                 surveillance machine."--Tara McPherson, University of Southern California