The Internet imaginaire
By: Patrice Flichy ; translated by Liz Carey-Libbrecht
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780262562386
Subjects: Social aspects; Cyberspace; Virtual reality; Computers and civilization; Internet
Work titles: Imaginaire d'Internet
Notes: Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-250) and index.

Translated from the French: L'imaginaire d"internet.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- -- [pt]. 1.; title: Designers' and promoters' Imaginaire -- -- 1.; title: Information highways, or the difficulty of transforming a utopia into a technological program -- -- 2. The; title: internet, the scientific community's ideal -- -- 3.; title: Communities, a different internet imaginaire -- -- 4.; title: From internet myth to cyber-imaginaire -- -- [pt]. 2. A; title: vitrual society Imaginaire -- -- 5.  Dawn of a new communication age -- 6. The; title: body and virtual reality -- -- 7. The; title: end of politics -- -- 8. The; title: new economy --; title: Conclusion --; title: Notes --; title: Index.