The Internet as Rhizome: Can Deleuze and Guittari’s concept of rhizomatic systems aid us in understanding the interplay between structures within the information highway?

Aim: To analyse whether or not the internet can be said to form a functional rhizomatic system and from this analysis to discuss what this implies for the future management or control of the structures that exist therein. Sources: Deleuze and Guattari – A Thousand Plateaus and Anti-Oedipus, Manuel Castells – The Internet Galaxy