The Digital Condition : Class and Culture in the Information Network /

The acceleration in science, technology, communication, and production that began in the second half of the twentieth century-- developments which make up the concept of the "digital"--Has brought us to what might be the most contradictory moment in human history. The digital revolution ha...

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Main Author: Wilkie, Rob (Robert A.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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