Abstract
This essay intends to demistify the myth of the Internet as the 'electronic frontier.' The tempting metaphor of the Internet as the new Wild West, a realm of freedom and uncontaminated new-ness naturalises a series of problematic ideological assumptions. The free and anarchic Internet is an integral development of the industrial-military complex, and its libertarianism comes from venture capitalism and white middle-class privilege. In the Wild West, after the cowboys and the brothels came the bankers.
| Original language | Italian |
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| Title of host publication | Nubi all'orizzonte. Diritto alla comunicazione nello scenario di fine millennio. Iniziativa nazionale in difesa della telematica amatoriale |
| Editors | Strano Network |
| Place of Publication | Roma |
| Publisher | Castelvecchi |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788886232593 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
Keywords
- Internet