[Air-L] a common root of french theory and internet research?

[David Toews]

while I've been aware of, and highly intrigued by the convergence of  
french theory and ethnographic internet research in the work of people  
like Norman Denzin for some time now, this article by Celine  
Lafontaine in the september issue of TCS - http://tinyurl.com/2zybdq -  
is the first I've found that actually follows up Turkle's suggestion  
in Life on the Screen and explicitly argues in a strong way that  
french theory and cybernetics share a common matrix, or spring from  
the same theoretical and philosophical problems and sources ... i  
highly recommend this interesting article to anyone who likes to keep  
their research theoretically-informed, and would point out to people  
in general how interesting TCS is becoming these days as it gets  
closer and closer to the explicit themes of many internet researchers...