ABSTRACT
Engaging the thematic issues of the Web as a space where magic, metaphor, and power converge, the chapters cover such subjects as The Web and Corporate Media Systems, Conspiracy Theories and the Web; The Economy of Cyberpromotion, The Bias of the Web, The Web and Issues of Gender, and so on.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|32 pages
So Much for the Magic of Technology and the Free Market
The World Wide Web and the Corporate Media System
chapter 5|28 pages
Yo-Ho-Ho and a Server of Warez
Internet Software Piracy and the New Global Information Economy
chapter 10|24 pages
Baud Girls and Cargo Cults
A Story about Celebrity, Community, and Profane Illumination on the Web
