Book Description
Cybercultures: The Key Concepts enables readers to gain an accessible insight into the debates and issues surrounding the impact of new media upon societies from a global perspective.
About the Author
William H. Dutton is Professor of Communications in the Annenburg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age. Nicole Ellison is a doctoral candidate at the Annenburg School for Communication and has published widely in the area of new media. Brian D. Loader is Co-Director of the Community Informatics Reasearch and Applications Unit at the University of Teeside and is editor of the anthology The Governance of Cyberspace, Cyberspace Divide, and Digital Democracy(All published by Routledge). Nicholas Pleace, a noted academic researcher, is the co-editor of Homelessness and Social Policy (Routledge).
Cyberculture: The Key Concepts FROM THE PUBLISHER
"This comprehensive A-Z guide provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the fast-changing and increasingly important world of cyberculture. Its clear and accessible entries cover aspects ranging from the technical to the theoretical, and from movies to the everyday, including: artificial intelligence; cyberfeminism; cyberpunk; electronic government; games; hacktivists; HTML; The Matrix; netiquette; and piracy." Fully cross-referenced, easy to use and with suggestions for further reading, this is an essential resource for anyone interested in cyberculture.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
An anomaly, this book may be construed as either a hodgepodge of cybernetic thoughts and connotations, loosely strung together by whatever media influenced the contributors over a lifetime, or a remarkably interesting compilation of key concepts that continue to shape the development of what we call cyberculture. Bell (cultural studies, Staffordshire Univ., U.K.) and his coeditors present more than 250 entries reflecting the main concepts associated with evolving technology, such as the Internet, digital TV, robots, relevant movies, and other emerging information and communication systems. Entries range from short factoids to expanded treatments of the histories and controversies surrounding specific concepts, but not everyone's techie tidbits are here (e.g., this reviewer was baffled by the absence of the film Tron). On the plus side, entries are fully cross-referenced and provide suggestions for further reading; the extensive bibliography is a welcome addition. While there are plenty of glossaries and reference guides on cyberspace and the Internet, this appears to be the only book available devoted to elements of cyberculture. Recommended for larger libraries.-Joe Accardi, Harper Coll. Lib., Palatine, IL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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