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In an article in the online magazine Slate, "The Cult, the Comet, and the Web," David Potz says that "the Heaven's Gate mass suicide promises to be the first great Internet mystery."
Is the honeymoon over for the Internet? In what ways may the Net and its community be held responsible for Heaven's Gate? Why?
- Yes
- Communications Decency Act
- Terrorism and Information Warfare
- Simulated or Virtual Media
- No
- Don't Blame the Medium for the Message
In what ways may the Heaven's Gate cultists be representative of cyberculture?
- Cyborg Theory
- Donna Haraway and William Gibson
- Transcending the Physical Body
- Howard Rheingold and Timothy Leary
- Too Much Freedom?
- Sherry Turkle and Julian Dibbell
What might be the effect of a Net backlash brought about by Heaven's Gate?
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