Virtuality Check: Power Relations and Alternative Strategies in the Information Society

By François Fortier

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the new economy they herald are generally either glorified as unprecedented opportunities for post-industrial enfranchisement, or vilified as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859846289
• ISBN13: 9781859846285
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

If you read WIRED, read this.

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