Whither the Actually Existing Internet?

Since its release earlier this year, A Hacker Manifesto has attracted a lot of attention, including a review by Terry Eagleton in the 25 October 2004 issue of The Nation. [...]Mosco does bring certain features of actually existing cyberspace into his discussion at this point to demonstrate that the...

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Published in:Postmodern culture 2005, Vol.15 (2)
Main Author: McGahan, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cybercrime
Geography
Globalization
Hackers
Intellectual property
Internet
Mythology
Political activism
Political economy
Politics
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Summary:Since its release earlier this year, A Hacker Manifesto has attracted a lot of attention, including a review by Terry Eagleton in the 25 October 2004 issue of The Nation. [...]Mosco does bring certain features of actually existing cyberspace into his discussion at this point to demonstrate that the anti-democratic decision-making regarding the WTC can find a profitable analogy in the similarly iniquitous administration of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an entity with no real accountability for its administrative role in Internet governance, and that the boondoggle of the new economy is in a certain sense akin to what was widely regarded as a monumental failure of architecture and urban planning. 15.
ISSN:1053-1920
1053-1920
DOI:10.1353/pmc.2005.0009