i write quite a bit about the expansion of computer networks across the globe in* The Cultural Logic of Computation<http://www.amazon.com/dp/0674032926?tag=uncomputing-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0674032926&adid=0DT0DYF31F91C0A7BTP7&> *(Harvard 2009), esp. in the introduction and in Chapters 6 and 7, where I too rely quite a bit on Beniger, Galloway, and Mattelart among others. David -- David Golumbia dgolumbia@vcu.edu Assistant Professor Media Theory, History, and Practice Dept of English <http://www.has.vcu.edu/eng/index.htm>/MATX<http://www.has.vcu.edu/eng/graduate/matx.htm>Program Virginia Commonwealth University <http://www.vcu.edu/> 2010/9/6 Andrew Herman <aherman@wlu.ca>
Yes, Beniger is a classic. And don't forget Alexander Galloway, Protocol (2002)
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Eran Fisher <eranfisher@gmail.com> 09/06/10 1:54 AM >>> a classical reading in this vein: Beniger, James. 1986. The control revolution: Technological and economic origins of the information society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
this might also be helpful: Mattelart, Armand. 2003. The information society: An introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
cheers, Eran --
Eran Fisher, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kreitman School for Advanced Graduate Studies Department of Communication Studies Ben Gurion University, Israel
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On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Holly Kruse <holly.kruse@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all:
I'm curious: what are recommended sources for social and cultural theories of computer networks?: specifically, social theories having to do with the technology's expansion across space. I'm need to make a fairly explicit analogy between the social implications of the historical development/organization and colonization of space of computer networks and another, older communication technology. I don't need to make analogies to other older communication technologies (writing, print, telegraph, telephone, radio, TV, etc. – or phonograph, on which I've written. I pretty familiar with that literature). For purposes of this project, I just need sources on computer networks. I probably need to re-read Castells, because it's been a while. Anything else?
Thanks!
Holly
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