A voyage into the virtual dimension proposed by Manuel Castells helps to decode the complexity of the logic of networks and extends our understanding of the networks which seem to pervade our lives such that we feel we are one of the ‘nodes’ in the construct of an important network! The network logic of digital information systems contributes to a major cultural shift forming what Castells calls the networked society.The Internet has helped to the discovery of unlimited examples of industries, leisure pursuits, products and services, E-businesses, cultural exchanges using the web for connectivity. The diversity and amalgam of the use of the digitised communications and the flows of information via the net contributes to further enhance our understanding of the logic of networks. Analysing in depth how internet is used as an engine to spread terror and how legal authorities set to hunt these terror dealers on the virtual ground, the endeavour has been to decipher in greater depth the concepts of the logic of networks as demystified by Castells. The use of the web-generated blog extends further our understanding of using the digital networks and absorbing into the ‘real virtuality’ that Castells is so fond of elucidating!
Table of contents:
• Introduction
• Looking through the maze of networks...
• The two sides of the coin!
• Terror Online!
• Cyber-police of Networks?
• The ‘Dark Web Project’
• Conclusion
• References
