This is a bold vision of the electronic media and the nature of reality in a world increasingly wired to technology. It proposes and explores concepts such as: whether democracy is outmoded and must be redesigned to reflect how technology affects power structures; whether the electronic media have extended our psychology as well as our nervous ...
According to the author, talking about Internet is going into a living environment, where millions of intelligences get in touch, creating a new cognitive condition that he calls "Webness or connected intelligence. Due to his reflections on this subject, the "Wired Magazine regards him as the new McLuhan.
What does the architecture of the Web look like? How has the Internet changed traditional architecture? This compelling book explores these topics. A refreshingly unconventional look at architecture and the World Wide Web. Using Vitruvius' classical text De Arquitectura as a starting point, De Kerckhove begins a journey into the exciting world of ...
As Jerome Durlak, from York University, says, this book "introduces provocative ideas about the impact of electronic media in our body and our intelligence, in money and political roles. Its reflections compel us to mediate on thoughts never questioned before."
This work provides an understanding of the meaning of rapidly growing networks on the World Wide Web and how they affect our lives, from business and commerce to politics, education and the media. The author speculates on the consequences of massive global networking, and what might happen if it reaches a critical mass of "independent connected ...
Ein erfrischend unkonventionelles Buch A1/4ber Architektur und World Wide Web. De Kerckhove nimmt die Struktur des klassischen Traktats De Architectura von Marcus Vitruvius Pallio (Vitruv) zum Ausgangspunkt und Erkundungsinstrument auf seiner spannenden Reise in die Welt des Internet - er erforscht einerseits die Architektur dieses revolutionAren ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bosch & Keuning
Date Published: 1991
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