::fibreculture:: recent articles on private networks?

[Anna Munster]

Thanks Brett - these look like they provide good contextual grounding but I am actually wanting something a bit more specific, which I should have stated more clearly in my post. I actually am interested in the development and uses of network architectures such as Ning which attempt to evade search engine indexing and in fact visibility per se and are often used by small corporate franchises. I'm interested especially in the context of the 'disenfranchisement of the'rights'  of mass net usership that occurs through 'free' social media such as Facebook...
I was wondering if anyone new of any specific studies or critical analysis of Ning networks etc
cheers
Anna

On 19/08/2010, at 1:38 PM, Brett Neilson wrote:

> Hi Anna,
> 
> Not sure this is what you're after but the following links might have
> some leads:
> 
> http://www.janvaneyck.nl/0_3_3_research_info/design_extrastatecraft.html
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=876941
> http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=99
> 
> Brett
> 
> 
> 
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> Does anyone know of any good recent analysis of the rise of private
> networks and architectures such as NING? preferably from a network
> critique/theory perspective?
> thanks
> Anna
> 
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A/Prof. Anna Munster
Deputy Director Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics
School of Art History and Art Education
College of Fine Arts
UNSW
P.O. Box 259
Paddington
NSW 2021
612 9385 0741 (tel)
612 9385 0615(fax)
a.munster at unsw.edu.au