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Author: Patrice Flichy
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ISBN: 0262562383
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The Internet Imaginaire

In The Internet Imaginaire, sociologist Patrice Flichy examines the collective vision that shaped the emergence of the Internet--the social imagination that envisioned a technological utopia in the birth of a new technology. Search and download computer ebooks The Internet Imaginaire for free.
Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Internet Imaginaire by Patrice Flichy Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New In quot;The Internet Imaginaire,quot; sociologist Patrice Flichy examines the collective vision that shaped the emergence of the Internet mdash;the social imagination that envisioned a technological utopia in the birth of a new technology. By examining in detail the discourses surrounding the development of the Internet in the United Sta. Download The Internet Imaginaire computer ebooks
By examining in detail the discourses surrounding the development of the Internet in the United States in the 1990s (and considering them an integral part of that development), Flichy shows how an entire society began a new technological era. The metaphorical "information superhighway" became a technical utopia that informed a technological program. The Internet imaginaire, Flichy argues, led software designers, businesses, politicians, and individuals to adopt this one technology instead of another.Flichy draws on writings by