FACING THE DIGITAL WORLD CONNECTING A PERMANENTLY CHANGING INTERNET TO RIGID ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES Wolfgang Ebbers … Neo, sooner or later you're going to realize, just as I did, there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. The Matrix (The Wachowski Brothers, 1999) Cover Design: Indra Simons Cover Photo: Indra Simons Page Layout: Belastingdienst - beladoc Printing: Ted Gigaprint ISBN 90-365-1792-3 Copyright © 2002, Wolfgang Ebbers, The Netherlands, Arnhem All rights reserved. Subject to exceptions provided for by law, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be adapted in whole or in part without prior written permission of the author. Wolfgang Ebbers
[email protected] www.isiweb.nl/ebbers FACING THE DIGITAL WORLD CONNECTING A PERMANENTLY CHANGING INTERNET TO RIGID ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES met een samenvatting in het Nederlands PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Twente, op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof. dr. F.A. van Vught, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op woensdag 4 september 2002 te 15:00 uur. door Wolfgang Erich Ebbers Geboren op 3 juni 1969 te Winterswijk Promotores: Prof. dr. J.A.G.M. van Dijk, Faculteit Wijsbegeerte en Maatschappijwetenschappen, Universiteit Twente. Prof. dr. J. Groebel, European Institute for the Media. Table of contents 1 Table of contents Preface 3 Introduction 5 Summary 9 1.