"The author s capacity to grasp and interpret these world media] events is astounding, and her ability to provide insights into a world where unbounded information is circling the earth with the speed of light is startling." Choice
..". a wide-ranging, quirky and dextrous mix of description, theory and analysis, that documents the perils of the global telecommunications network... " Times Literary Supplement
..". this is a stimulating, even moving, book, dense with ideas and with many quotable lines." The New Statesman
"Wark is one of the most original and interesting...
"The author s capacity to grasp and interpret these world media] events is astounding, and her ability to provide insights into a world where unbo...
Explains how the demands of companies for protection of their patents and copyrights and the culture of file sharing has given rise to a class conflict in which creators of the information are lined up against a possessing class who monopolize what the hackers produce.
Explains how the demands of companies for protection of their patents and copyrights and the culture of file sharing has given rise to a class conflic...
McKenzie (Associate Professor of Media Studies, Eugene Lang College and the New School for Social Research) Wark
-Why am I telling you all this? Partly 'cause the whole queerness/identity thing for me stretches through everything, absolutely everything. Slipping between straight/gay is child's play compared to slipping between writer/teacher/influence-peddler whatever. I forget who I am. You reminded me of who I prefer to be.- M.W.]
-It's two in the morning... I know what you mean about slipping roles: I love it, going high low, power helpless even captive, male female, all over the place, space totally together and brain-sharp, if it wasn't for play I'd be bored stiff and I think boredom is...
-Why am I telling you all this? Partly 'cause the whole queerness/identity thing for me stretches through everything, absolutely everything. Slippi...
