Network Culture: Politics for the Information Age

by Tiziana Terranova

59 Members 1 Review ½ (4.50)

On This Page

Description

A sophisticated argument about what the new forms of communication and organisation mean for politics, democracy, and identity.

Tags

Recommendations

Member Reviews

1 review
This is a book about (among other things) information and entropy, cybernetic and thermodynamics, mailing lists and talk shows, the electronic Ummah and chaos theory, web rings and web logs, mobile robots, cellular automata and the New Economy, open-source programming and reality TV, masses and multitudes, communication management and information warfare, networked political movements, open architecture, image flows and the interply of affects and meaning in the constitution of the common. It is a book, that is, about a cultural formation, a network culture, that seem to be characterized by an uprecedented abundance of informational output and by an acceleration of informational dynamics.

Terranova is a fantastic intellect and this book show more does justice to this paragraph and more. show less

Members

Recently Added By

Lists

Author Information

5 Works 88 Members
Tiziana Terranova teaches the sociology of media and culture in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex

Common Knowledge

Dedication
To the Memory of Vito Terranova (1935-1992)
First words
This is a book about (among other things) information and entropy, cybernetics and thermodynamics, mailing lists and talk shows, the electronic Ummah and chaos theory, web rings and web logs, mobile robots, cellular automata ... (show all)and the New Economy, open-source programming and reality TV, masses and multitudes, communication management and information warfare, networked political movements, open architecture, image flows and the interplay of affects and meanings in the constitution of the common.

Classifications

Genres
Nonfiction, Technology, Economics, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
303.48Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial processesSocial changeCauses of change
LCC
HM851 .T47Social sciencesSociology (General)SociologySocial change
BISAC

Statistics

Members
59
Popularity
523,567
Reviews
1
Rating
½ (4.50)
Languages
English, Italian
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
6