Systems theory, von Foerster, 1960
Chaos theory, Gleick, 1991
Network Theory, Buchanan, 2003; Newman, Barabasi, Watts, 2006
Media extension of human body, McLuhan, 1964
Network vs. Hierarchical infrastructure, Galloway, 2002; PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2002
Hyperreality, Baudrillard, 1981
The Mirror of Production, Baudrillard, 1975
The Attention Economy, Davenport & Beck, 2001; Goldhaber, 1997; Barbrook, 1997; Berman & McClellan, 2001; Ghosh, 1997
Mass vs. Individual media, Kompare, 2002
Convergence, Forman & Saint John, 2000
Autopoiesis, Maturana & Varela, 1987
Knowledge Economy, Leadbeater, 2000
Gift economy, Barbrook, 1997
Self-management, Petras & Veltmeyer, 2002
The Consequences of Modernity, The Constitution of Society, Giddens, 1986, 1991