'Essai': Weaving Postmodernism.

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Title: 'Essai': Weaving Postmodernism.
Language: English
Authors: Berthon, Pierre, Katsikeas, Constantine
Source: Internet Research. 1998 8(2):149-155.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 1998
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Development, Information Processing, Information Technology, Internet, Postmodernism, Space, Technological Advancement, Time, World Wide Web
ISSN: 1066-2243
Abstract: Explores the phenomenon of the World Wide Web, using themes which characterize postmodernism. Discusses the elements of "modern" and "postmodern"; fragmentation and de-differentiation; hyperreality; the nature of time and space; paradoxical values; and anti-foundationalism. Concludes that a postmodern perspective will illuminate thinking in the new information medium. (AEF)
Journal Code: CIJJAN1999
Entry Date: 1999
Accession Number: EJ566624
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Explores the phenomenon of the World Wide Web, using themes which characterize postmodernism. Discusses the elements of "modern" and "postmodern"; fragmentation and de-differentiation; hyperreality; the nature of time and space; paradoxical values; and anti-foundationalism. Concludes that a postmodern perspective will illuminate thinking in the new information medium. (AEF)
ISSN:1066-2243