The Hypothesis of the End of the Internet Revolution
The Hypothesis of the End of the Internet Revolution

Summary/Abstract: I will use four theoretical sources in this paper: two constructivist approaches developed within sociology of technology during 1980’ (namely Actor-Network Theory and Theory of Large Technological Systems); my previous analyses of the process of social construction of the Internet technology; and Manuel Castells’ analyses of social effects of information technologies. First of all, the fact that the Internet revolution has taken place is sine qua non of this paper – we will only question here whether this revolution is still developing or just finishing. I am not going to argue here for what I consider to be a fact – convincing arguments can be found for example in the late work of Manuel Castells.

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