Virtual Geography: Living with Global Media Events"The author's capacity to grasp and interpret these [world media] events is astounding, and her ability to provide insights into a world where unbounded information is circling the earth with the speed of light is startling." -- Choice ..". a wide-ranging, quirky and dextrous mix of description, theory and analysis, that documents the perils of the global telecommunications network... " -- Times Literary Supplement ..". this is a stimulating, even moving, book, dense with ideas and with many quotable lines." -- The New Statesman "Wark is one of the most original and interesting cultural critics writing today." -- Lawrence Grossberg McKenzie Wark writes about the experience of everyday life under the impact of increasingly global media vectors. We no longer have roots, we have aerials. We no longer have origins, we have terminals. |
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... comes that the students will get their reply tomorrow . 11 May . Word comes that the students will get their reply tomorrow . Either the state is trying to play a waiting game , hoping the students will give up in the face of silence ...
... comes to perceive itself as distinct not only from what has always been near , from neighboring groups , but also ... come to perceive themselves not only as distinct from images of the other , but as distinct from what is most distant ...
... come into being which can realize their value only at a future time , and thus retro- spectively validate the credit ... comes into question . A revaluation of labor brought about by a sudden burst of militancy , a re- valuation of oil ...