Material Considerations

Readings : Hayles and Terranova

Many of our readings argue that the advent of information/network/cybernetic cultures represent a break with older forms of cultural/social formations and transmissions. I am skeptical to a simple rejection of prior ideological formations. I would like to interrogate how these formations and situations affect the emergence of a network culture.
Specifically, how does class undercut and determine identification with this new network/informational culture. I would argue that there are material changes in engagements with time space that are consequences of the emergence of a network culture. However, these changes are divided unevenly. This uneveness informs the cohesiveness of a global network culture.