- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Routledge (13 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415925029
- ISBN-13: 978-0415925020
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,232,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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""The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory is part of a welcome academic move toward synthesizing cultural and political economy approaches... the collection as a whole is a more complex and nuanced description of the Web than many recent explorations of new information and technologies.."
-Ken Hillis, "Topia, A Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
..."a collection of lively, interesting essays examining such matters as the material production of the Web, the nature and circulation of its content, and how it is consumed.."
-"Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
"The book will be newsworthy for readers interested in a cultural studies approach to Internet-based phenomena.."
-"Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
"Must reading for any upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course on computer-mediated communication."
-"Choice, January 2001
"It is about time that the Web and the internet are theorized this side of euphoria! The Herman and Swiss collection contains valuable meditations on the impact of the Web on society and culture, shorn of the cheerleading of Wired magazine, Negroponte, Turkle, and Gates. The book is rich in theoretical insight and empirical detail, unfolding from a stage-setting theoretical paper by Robert McChesney that situates the Web in corporate, global capitalism. This chapter alone makes the book worth buying.."
-Ben Agger, "Enculturation
-Ken Hillis, "Topia, A Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
..."a collection of lively, interesting essays examining such matters as the material production of the Web, the nature and circulation of its content, and how it is consumed.."
-"Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
"The book will be newsworthy for readers interested in a cultural studies approach to Internet-based phenomena.."
-"Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
"Must reading for any upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course on computer-mediated communication."
-"Choice, January 2001
"It is about time that the Web and the internet are theorized this side of euphoria! The Herman and Swiss collection contains valuable meditations on the impact of the Web on society and culture, shorn of the cheerleading of Wired magazine, Negroponte, Turkle, and Gates. The book is rich in theoretical insight and empirical detail, unfolding from a stage-setting theoretical paper by Robert McChesney that situates the Web in corporate, global capitalism. This chapter alone makes the book worth buying.."
-Ben Agger, "Enculturation
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Engaging the thematic issues of the Web as a space where magic, metaphor, and power converge, the chapters cover such subjects as The Web and Corporate Media Systems, Conspiracy Theories and the Web; The Economy of Cyberpromotion, The Bias of the Web, The Web and Issues of Gender, and so on.
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Much contemporary literature discusses the starkly antidemocratic implications and trajectory of the contemporary media system (McChesney, 1999). Read the first page
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This book is an important contribution to cultural-theoretical analysis of the web. It has an impressive list of contributors and a remarkably cutting edge account of new media. Crucial for anyone trying to think about the web today.
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