Tal Z. Zarsky (University of Haifa Faculty of Law) has an essay entitled Mining the Networked Self posted on the web. Here is an excerpt from the introduction:
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In an important book, Professor Julie Cohen sets out to fulfill a challenging and difficult task—formulating an overarching theory which will enable the understanding and critique of the emerging information environment. This ambitious project sets out to address three themes that are central to almost any discussion or analysis of information law and policy: digital copyright, information privacy, and network architecture. Research projects of such scope and complexity are rare. The author correctly observes that scholarship devoted to every one of these issues is heading down different paths.1 Thus far, scholars writing in every one of these respective fields allowed themselves to neglect the other two important themes, while focusing on what they believed to be an autonomous analytical unit.
And here is a link to Julie Cohen's Configuring the Networked Self: Law, Code, and the Play of Everyday Practice