Jussi Parikka, Tony D. Sampson (eds.): The Spam Book: On Viruses, Porn, and Other Anomalies from the Dark Side of Digital Culture (2009)

For those of us increasingly reliant on email networks in our everyday social interactions, spam can be a pain; it can annoy; it can deceive; it can overlaod. Yet spam can also enterain and perplex us. This book is an aberation into the dark side of network culture. Instead of regurgitating stories of technological progress or over celebrating creative social media on the internet, it filters contemporary culture through its anomalies.

Contributions by John Johnston, Tony D. Sampson, Luciana Parisi, Roberta Buiani, Jussi Parikka, Steve Goodman, Matthew Fuller & Andrew Goffey, Susanna Paasonen, Katrien Jacobs, Dougal Phillips, Greg Elmer, Richard Rogers, Alexander R. Galloway & Eugene Thacker.

Publisher Hampton Press, 2009
Communication series: Communication alternatives
ISBN 1572739150, 9781572739154
320 pages

review (Gary Genosko, Leonardo)

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