Cyberculture Theorists

Informationen zum Autor David Bell Klappentext This book surveys a 'cluster' of works that seek to explore the cultures of cyberspace, the Internet and the information society. It introduces key ideas, and includes detailed discussion of the work of two key thinkers in this area, Manuel Castells and Donna Haraway, as well as outlining the development of cyberculture studies as a field. To do this, the book also explores selected 'moments' in this development, from the early 1990s, when cyberspace and cyberculture were only just beginning to come together as ideas, up to the present day, when the field of cyberculture studies has grown and bloomed, producing innovative theoretical and empirical work from a diversity of standpoints. Key topics include:life on the screennetwork societyspace of flowscyborg methods.Cyberculture Theorists is the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to understand how to theorise cyberculture in all its myriad forms. Zusammenfassung Cyberculture Theorists is the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to understand how to theorise cyberculture in all its forms. It surveys a ‘cluster’ of works that explore the cultures of cyberspace, the Internet and the information society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series editor’s preface, Acknowledgements, WHY CYBERCULTURE?, MOMENTS IN CYBERCULTURE, WHY CASTELLS?, CASTELLS’ KEY IDEAS, AFTER CASTELLS, WHY HARAWAY?, HARAWAY’S KEY IDEAS, AFTER HARAWAY, AFTER CYBERCULTURE, Further reading, Other works cited, Index

List of contents

Series editor's preface, Acknowledgements, WHY CYBERCULTURE?, MOMENTS IN CYBERCULTURE, WHY CASTELLS?, CASTELLS' KEY IDEAS, AFTER CASTELLS, WHY HARAWAY?, HARAWAY'S KEY IDEAS, AFTER HARAWAY, AFTER CYBERCULTURE, Further reading, Other works cited, Index

Product details

• Authors: David Bell
• Assisted by: Robert Eaglestone (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2007
• EAN: 9780415324311
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32431-1
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers; Critical Thinkers
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities