ISBN:
9780198875994
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (132 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.4834
Keywords:
Internet Social aspects
;
Technology Social aspects
;
Information technology
;
Information society
;
Internet-Social aspects
;
Technology-Social aspects
Abstract:
An investigation into the origins of the digital revolution, how it evolved, which other past revolutions consciously or unconsciously inspired it, which great stories it has conveyed over time, which of its key elements have changed and which ones have persisted and have been repeated in different historical periods.
Abstract:
Introduction: Understanding the Digital Revolution as an Ideology -- 1. Defining the Revolution: Blessed Uncertainty -- 2. Comparing the Revolution: Past Inheritance, Present Construction -- 3. Thinking About the Revolution: The Mantras -- 4. Believing in the Revolution: A Contemporary Quasi-Religion -- Conclusion: Who Needs the Digital Revolution and Why Does it Keep Going?
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