Deliberate Confusion of Borders: On the Imaginary of Excess and Transgression in Cyberculture

This article examines the notions of excess and transgression in the discourses of cyberculture. The hypothesis defended is that the libertarian and revolutionary rhetoric of cyberutopianisms conceals, in reality, an essentially conservative worldview and marked by the myths of the progressive moder...

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Autor: Felinto, Erick
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/3273
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/3273
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Communication
Cyberculture
Transgression
Comunicação
Cibercultura
Transgressão
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Sumario:This article examines the notions of excess and transgression in the discourses of cyberculture. The hypothesis defended is that the libertarian and revolutionary rhetoric of cyberutopianisms conceals, in reality, an essentially conservative worldview and marked by the myths of the progressive modernization.