The Internet myth : from the Internet imaginary to network ideologies
Bory, Paolo
The Internet myth : from the Internet imaginary to network ideologies / Paolo Bory - 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : histories, narratives, networks and the Internet Internet histories, narratives and the rise of the network ideology The dominant narrative of Internet history The narratives of the Internet’s origins The world wide web and the transition of the 1990s Alter-net histories Looking for network imaginaries The ideal-typical network models : centralized, de-centralized, distributed The material dimensions of networks The rise of network ideologies The myth of the world wide web The birth of the web : a hero’s story The web’s journey The biography of the web as a myth-building narrative Questioning the myth of the web : media imaginaries and web history Hypertext : the forgotten hero ted nelson Retracing old media in the world wide web The web and the network Rethinking web history Lost networks : the Socrate and Iperbole projects in Italy The web was not alone The Italian networking landscape in the 1990s Rise and fall of Socrate The uncertain reasons for the failure The other network : the internet in Italy Iperbole : the pioneering Italian civic network project Conflicting imaginaries : Socrate vs. Iperbole The ruins of Socrate Legacy systems Challenging the network ideologies Imaginary networks The transitory propriety of network imaginaries The power of limits Beyond networks
9781912656769
Internet--History
World Wide Web
Electronic books
The Internet myth : from the Internet imaginary to network ideologies / Paolo Bory - 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : histories, narratives, networks and the Internet Internet histories, narratives and the rise of the network ideology The dominant narrative of Internet history The narratives of the Internet’s origins The world wide web and the transition of the 1990s Alter-net histories Looking for network imaginaries The ideal-typical network models : centralized, de-centralized, distributed The material dimensions of networks The rise of network ideologies The myth of the world wide web The birth of the web : a hero’s story The web’s journey The biography of the web as a myth-building narrative Questioning the myth of the web : media imaginaries and web history Hypertext : the forgotten hero ted nelson Retracing old media in the world wide web The web and the network Rethinking web history Lost networks : the Socrate and Iperbole projects in Italy The web was not alone The Italian networking landscape in the 1990s Rise and fall of Socrate The uncertain reasons for the failure The other network : the internet in Italy Iperbole : the pioneering Italian civic network project Conflicting imaginaries : Socrate vs. Iperbole The ruins of Socrate Legacy systems Challenging the network ideologies Imaginary networks The transitory propriety of network imaginaries The power of limits Beyond networks
9781912656769
Internet--History
World Wide Web
Electronic books