An introduction to cybercultures / David Bell.
By: Bell, David.
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BookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2001Description: viii, 246 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 041524658X; 0415246598 (pbk.).Subject(s): Cyberspace -- Social aspects
| Information technology -- Social aspects | Computers and civilization | CultureDDC classification: 303.4833
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 303.4833 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00066129 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An Introduction to Cybercultures provides an accessible guide to the major forms, practices and meanings of this rapidly-growing field. From the evolution of hardware and software to the emergence of cyberpunk film and fiction, David Bell introduces readers to the key aspects of cyberculture, including email, the internet, digital imaging technologies, computer games and digital special effects. Each chapter contains `hot links' to key articles in its companion volume, The Cybercultures Reader, suggestions for further reading, and details of relevant websites. Individual chapters examine: · Cybercultures: an introduction · Storying cyberspace · Cultural Studies in cyberspace · Community and cyberculture · Identities in cyberculture · Bodies in cyberculture · Cybersubcultures · Researching cybercultures
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Cybercultures: an introduction
- 2 Storying cyberspace 1: material and symbolic stories
- 3 Storying cyberspace 2: experiential stories
- 4 Cultural studies in cyberspace
- 5 Community and cyberculture
- 6 Identities in cyberculture
- 7 Bodies in cyberculture
- 8 Cybersubcultures
- 9 Researching cybercultures 1
- 10 Last words FAQs: further reading FAQs
- Glossary
- Bibliography