Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics

by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun

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A work that bridges media archaeology and visual culture studies argues that the Internet has emerged as a mass medium by linking control with freedom and democracy.

How has the Internet, a medium that thrives on control, been accepted as a medium of freedom? Why is freedom increasingly indistinguishable from paranoid control? In Control and Freedom, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun explores the current political and technological coupling of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262533065

ISBN13:9780262533065

Release Date:September 2008

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:364 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.6" x 8.7"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Computers Computers & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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