The Digital Hysterias of Decentralisation, Entrepreneurship and Open Community.

The article discusses the central discourses regarding the digital hysterias of decentralisation, entrepreneurship and open community and discourses that have made the Internet as a democratic and public environment separated from state and corporate control. It explores the early interpretations and understandings of networked communication, the emergence of two virtual communities and their claims for free speech, online democracy, and self-regulation.