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The web as exception: The rise of new media publishing cultures
Stevenson, M.P.
Publication date 2013
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Stevenson, M. P. (2013). The web as exception: The rise of new media publishing cultures.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION: HISTORICIZING WEB EXCEPTIONALISM... 3
I. THE ROOTS OF WEB EXCEPTIONALISM 1. CYBERCULTURE AND THE COMPUTATIONAL METAPHOR... 27
2. MONDO 2000’S NEW MEDIA COOL, 1989-1993... 55
II. WEB EXCEPTIONALISMS 3. HOTWIRED AND THE NEW PUBLISHING PARADIGM, 1994-1997 ... 93
4. OPEN NEWS AND INFORMATED MEDIA AT SLASHDOT, 1997-1999 ... 129
5. BLOGGING AS WEB-NATIVE CULTURAL FORM, 1998-2002... 153
CONCLUSION: WEB EXCEPTIONALISM AND LEGACY SYSTEMS... 175
APPENDIX: LIST OF INTERVIEWS ... 187
SUMMARY... 189
NEDERLANDSE SAMENVATTING ... 193