| Acknowledgements....................................................................................
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i |
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| 1.
Introduction..........................................................................................
|
1 |
| Virtual or
Real? A Conceptual
Dilemma..............................................................
|
2 |
| Multi-Sited and
Translocal
Networking.............................................................. |
12 |
| Coming of Age
in
Cyberspace.......................................................................... |
20 |
| Outline of
Narrative......................................................................................
|
27 |
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| 2. A
Social History of the
Internet...............................................................
|
30 |
| The Origin Myth
of the
Internet......................................................................
|
31 |
| The Making of
the Culture of
Networking........................................................... |
36 |
| Early
Settlements on the Electronic
Frontier....................................................... |
41 |
| From Hyperbole
to Dystopia: The Gold Rush in
Cyberspace................................... |
44 |
| Guardians of
the Digital Frontier: The Internet
Community.................................... |
47 |
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| 3.
Pioneering the Internet in the Developing World
....................................... |
50 |
| What's in a
Background? Profiles of Internet
Pioneers..........................................
|
53 |
| Networked
Brokering: The Social Nodes of the Internet
....................................... |
60 |
| The Internet
Society in Action
....................................................................... |
64 |
| Transnational
Cosmopolitanism: Navigating the Netscapes of
Global Cultural Flow...... |
74 |
| In Pursuit of a
Networked
Utopia...................................................................... |
81 |
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| 4. From
Rhetoric to Resistance: Internet and Policymaking
............................ |
86 |
| Paradigm Shifts
in Policymaking: The Global Information Society
Discourse .............. |
87 |
| From Center to
Periphery: The Informational Paradigm and
Development ................. |
94 |
| Subcultural
Nodes: Internet Pioneers in Policymaking Contexts
............................. |
99 |
| From Discourse
to Practice: Top-Down Versus
Bottom-Up.................................... |
107 |
| Networks of
Flow Versus Bounded Structures: A Modern Dilemma
.......................... |
114 |
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| 5.
Internet in Southeast Asia: A Regional
Perspective ................................... |
118 |
| National and
Regional Imaginaries in Southeast
Asia............................................. |
119 |
| Global
Connections: Pioneering the Internet in Southeast
Asia............................... |
125 |
| Networking and
Nation
Building........................................................................ |
129 |
| Transnational
Interactions: Internet and
Tourism................................................ |
135 |
| Integration and
Disintegration: Changing Conditions of Nation
Building .................... |
141 |
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| 6. At
the Vanguard of the Digital
Future--Malaysia........................................ |
146 |
| Digital
Opportunities: Vision
2020....................................................................
|
147 |
| Personalized
Politics: Dr M., CEO of Malaysia Inc.
............................................... |
155 |
| Global Ripples
and Local Waves
....................................................................... |
162 |
| The On-Line
Challenge to Mahathirism
.............................................................. |
165 |
| Contested
Visions: A Digital
Dilemma................................................................. |
170 |
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| 7. The
Peripheries of
Cyberspace--Laos.......................................................
|
178 |
| Continuity and
Disruption: The Building of the Lao
Nation..................................... |
179 |
| The Power of
Culture and Culture of Power
....................................................... |
183 |
| Meeting Global
Demands: Internet Development in Laos
....................................... |
190 |
| Borderless
Flow: The Internet
Dilemma.............................................................. |
197 |
| Trade, Tourists
and Television: The Growing Pains of
Transition............................. |
201 |
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8.
Concluding Reflections:
Internet Development, Modernization and
Globalization ................................ |
210 |
| The Culture of
Networking and Transformative
Mobility........................................ |
211 |
| Re-Imagined
Communities in a Networked World Order
......................................... |
214 |
| Hype or Hope?
The Cultural Management of
Utopia.............................................. |
220 |
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| References................................................................................................. |
223 |
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| Index......................................................................................................... |
241 |