HYPERCAPITALISM NEW MEDIA, LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF VALUE

EVERY DAY TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS CIRCULATE THE GLOBE IN A DIGITAL DATA SPACE AND NEW FORMS OF PROPERTY AND OWNERSHIP EMERGE. MASSIVE CORPORATE ENTITIES WITH A GLOBAL REACH ARE FORMED AND DISAPPEAR WITH BREATHTAKING SPEED, MAKING AND BREAKING PERSONAL FORTUNES THE SIZE OF WHICH DEFY IMAGINATION. FICTITIOUS COMMODITIES ABOUND. THE GENOMES OF ENTIRE NATIONS HAVE BECOME CORPORATELY OWNED. RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BECOME THE OVERT BASIS OF ECONOMIC WEALTH AND POLITICAL POWER.