Virtual culture : identity and communication in cybersociety / edited by Steven G. Jones
- Bib ID:
- 1552500
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 1997
- x, 262 pages ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0761955259 (cased)
- 0761955267 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Virtual Culture marks a significant intervention in the current debate about access and control in cybersociety by exposing the ways in which the Internet and other computer-mediated communication technologies are being used by disadvantaged and marginal groups such as gay men, women, fan communities, and the homeless, for social and political change.
- Full contents:
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- The internet and its social landscape / Steven G. Jones
- The individual within the collective : virtual ideology and the realization of collective principles / Jan Fernback
- Virtual commonality : looking for India on the Internet / Ananda Mitra
- Structural relations, electronic media, and social change : the public electronic network and the homeless / Joseph Schmitz
- Why we argue about virtual community : a case study of the phish.net fan community / Nessim Watson
- Gay men and computer communication : a discourse of sex and identity in cyberspace / David F. Shaw
- Virtual community in a telepresence environment / Margaret L. McLaughlin, Kerry K. Osborne, and Nicole B. Ellison
- (Re)-fashioning the techno-erotic woman : gender and textuality in the cybercultural matrix / Dawn Dietrich
- Approaching the radical other : the discursive culture of cyberhate / Susan Zickmund
- Punishing the persona : correctional strategies for the virtual offender / Richard C. MacKinnon
- Civil society, political economy, and the Internet / Harris Breslow.
- Introduction / Steven G. Jones
- 1. The Internet and its Social Landscape / Steven G. Jones
- 2. The Individual within the Collective: Virtual Ideology and the Realization of Collective Principles / Jan Fernback
- 3. Virtual Commonality: Looking for India on the Internet / Ananda Mitra
- 4. Structural Relations, Electronic Media, and Social Change: The Public Electronic Network and the Homeless / Joseph Schmitz
- 5. Why We Argue About Virtual Community: A Case Study of the Phish.Net Fan Community / Nessim Watson
- 6. Gay Men and Computer Communication: A Discourse of Sex and Identity in Cyberspace / David F. Shaw
- 7. Virtual Community in a Telepresence Environment / Margaret L. McLaughlin, Kerry K. Osborne and Nicole B. Ellison
- 8. (Re)-fashioning the Techno-Erotic Woman: Gender and Textuality in the Cybercultural Matrix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Jones, Steve, 1961-
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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