Chris Atton
Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing.
Atton, Chris
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Abstract
The article summarises the constraints on alternative (print) publishing: economic, legal and social. It suggests that electronic publishing on the Internet might dispense with such constraints. After a discussion of anarchist views of the Internet, it examines current anarchist publishing ventures on the Internet. It then compares their operation to the constraints on conventional publishing, finding that, whilst some constraints no longer apply, new ones have appeared: the most significant are capital costs of equipment and legal action (combined with campaigns of disinformation) taken against some publishers.
Citation
Atton, C. (1996). Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. Anarchist studies, 4, 115-132
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 1996 |
Deposit Date | Mar 8, 2010 |
Publisher | Lawrence and Wishart |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Pages | 115-132 |
Keywords | alternative publishing; electronic publishing; Internet; mainstream publishing; |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3625 |
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