The Cultures of the Internet
The Socio-Technical Configuration of the Network of Networks
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determinism, information society, scientific culture, hacker cultureAbstract
Most accounts of the interaction between the Internet and society follow the usual scheme of impact analysis and thus a deterministic point of view. They try to identify the transformations, changes and impacts that the use of the Internet is causing in different social contexts. However, few studies do take the reverse direction: the analysis of social or cultural factors shaping, not only the use, but the very design of the network of networks. The aim of this paper is precisely to explore which particular cultures have shaped the Internet as we know it, and to establish links between them and some of the basic structural and functional features of the network. Contributions coming out of the scientific and the hacker communities are specifically analysed.
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