Mehr zum Titel: | Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Where is Internet Studies?; Part I: Fielding the Field; The Historiography of Cyberculture; Cultural Difference, Theory, and Cyberculture Studies; How We Became Postdigital; Internet Studies in Times of Terror; Catching the Waves; Cyberculture Studies; Part II: Critical Approaches and Methods; Finding the Quality in Qualitative Research; Web Sphere Analysis and Cybercultural Studies; Connecting the Selves; The Structural Problems of the Internet for Cultural Policy; Cultural Considerations in Internet Policy and Design; Bridging Cyberlife and Real Life Overcoming Institutional MarginalizationThe Vertical ( Layered) Net; The Construction of Cybersocial Reality; Part III: Cultural Difference in/and Cyberculture; E-scaping Boundaries; An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Cybercultures; An Action Research ( AR) Manifesto for Cyberculture Power to " Marginalized" Cultures of Difference; Cyberstudies and the Politics of Visibility; Disaggregation, Technology, and Masculinity; Gender, Technology, and Visual Cyberculture; Part IV: Critical Histories of the Recent Past; How Digital Technology Found Utopian Ideology; Government. com Dot-Coms and Cyberculture StudiesAssociating Independents; About the Contributors; Index |
Inhalt: | Starting in the early 1990s, journalists and scholars began responding to and trying to take account of new technologies and their impact on our lives. By the end of the decade, the full-fledged study of cyberculture had arrived. Today, there exists a large body of critical work on the subject, with cutting-edge studies probing beyond the mere existence of virtual communities and online identities to examine the social, cultural, and economic relationships that take place online. Taking stock of the exciting work that is being done and positing what cyberculture's future might look like, Critical Cyberculture Studies brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary group of scholars from around the world to assess the state of the field. Opening with a historical overview of the field by its most prominent spokesperson, it goes on to highlight the interests and methodologies of a mobile and creative field, providing a much-needed how-to guide for those new to cyberstudies. The final two sections open up to explore issues of race, class, and gender and digital media's ties to capital and commerce-from the failure of dot-coms to free software and the hacking movement. This flagship book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamic and increasingly crucial study of cyberculture and new technologies. Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Where is Internet Studies? -- Part I: Fielding the Field -- The Historiography of Cyberculture -- Cultural Difference, Theory, and Cyberculture Studies -- How We Became Postdigital -- Internet Studies in Times of Terror -- Catching the Waves -- Cyberculture Studies -- Part II: Critical Approaches and Methods -- Finding the Quality in Qualitative Research -- Web Sphere Analysis and Cybercultural Studies -- Connecting the Selves -- The Structural Problems of the Internet for Cultural Policy -- Cultural Considerations in Internet Policy and Design -- Bridging Cyberlife and Real Life -- Overcoming Institutional Marginalization -- The Vertical ( Layered) Net -- The Construction of Cybersocial Reality -- Part III: Cultural Difference in/and Cyberculture -- E-scaping Boundaries -- An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Cybercultures -- An Action Research ( AR) Manifesto for Cyberculture Power to " Marginalized" Cultures of Difference -- Cyberstudies and the Politics of Visibility -- Disaggregation, Technology, and Masculinity -- Gender, Technology, and Visual Cyberculture -- Part IV: Critical Histories of the Recent Past -- How Digital Technology Found Utopian Ideology -- Government. com -- Dot-Coms and Cyberculture Studies -- Associating Independents -- About the Contributors -- Index. |
