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The Postdigital Membrane.

To what extent is our time characterised by the 'digital'? Does it announce a bright new age of technological progress, or is it not much more than a marketing tag for manufacturers? What is clear is that much of the cultural theory we have so far accumulated is showing signs of strain as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pepperell, Robert
Otros Autores: Punt, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:To what extent is our time characterised by the 'digital'? Does it announce a bright new age of technological progress, or is it not much more than a marketing tag for manufacturers? What is clear is that much of the cultural theory we have so far accumulated is showing signs of strain as it struggles to cope with the rapid global dynamics of the 'wired world'. This book offers a timely intellectual strategy that may help us comprehend the contradictions and apparent paradoxes of our immediate cultural climate. Using the metaphor of an organic membrane to show how things can be both separate a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (188 pages)
ISBN:9781841508160
1841508160