The digital sublime: Myth, power, and cyberspace

The Digital Sublime : Myth , Power

Myth, Power, and Cyberspace: When faced with these three words, what image comes to mind? Could the world conceived in the popular science-fiction movie ‘The Matrix’ be a likely illustration? The enormous potential of the Internet is, to some extent, predicted in this movie by its subtle integration of Myth, Power, and Cyberspace. Such potential can also be seen from the all-around penetration ...

Book Review: The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace

Pro-ana, a Culture Remediated in Cyberspacei

N eating disorder exposed in cyberspace is a tale of two cultures. One culture embodies a beauty myth, a fatal obsession with food and psychological distress (Wolf, 2002, pp. 9– 19); the other encompasses a boundless digital space, an electronic frontier that lures with its promise of a new world, abundant freedom, and transcendence of a limited physical space. Both cultural worlds have embedde...

Configuring peer-to-peer software: an empirical study of how users react to the regulatory features of software

The emergence of new digital media has led to new sources and locations of power, and as a result, a heated debate on the regulability of cyberspace. Lawrence Lessig, a prominent legal scholar, has criticized the myth that cyberspace is by its nature free and uncontrollable and argues that code, or the architecture of information technologies, will be an important regulatory modality. This pape...

The numinosity of water

Numinosity refers to the spiritual power in the relationship between the individual and other people and things. The numinosity of water is discussed in the context of culture and religions. Science without consideration of numinosity can be dehumanizing. Often considered supernatural, other synonyms of numinosity include transcendent, ineffable and marvelous, not necessarily including religiou...