Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-8-2002
Abstract
This article offers feudal society as a metaphor for the emerging social organization of the Internet. It does so to illustrate how metaphors shape thinking about the Internet and to challenge the sometimes misleading comparison of the Internet to the Western frontier.
Recommended Citation
Alfred C. Yen. "Western Frontier or Feudal Society?: Metaphors and Perceptions of Cyberspace." Berkeley Technology Law Journal 17, (2002): 1207-1263.