Web of paradox.
The writer discusses the metaphors associated with the use of World Wide Web and the Internet and related technology. He states that such metaphors implicitly celebrate motion, activity, acquisition, and the conquest of space, and he points out that it is deeply instructive that such swashbuckling...
| Publicado en: | American Prospect no. 40; pp. 78 - 81 |
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American Prospect
September/October 1998
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