An introduction to new media and cybercultures / Pramod K. Nayar.

By: Nayar, Pramod K [author]
Language: English Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, Massachusetts : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: vii, 216 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405181679 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1405181672 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781405181662 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1405181664 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Cyberspace -- Social aspects | Internet -- Social aspects | Computers and civilization | Information societyDDC classification: 303.4833 LOC classification: HM851 | .N385 2010
Contents:
"Reading" cybercultures -- Popular cybercultures -- Bodies -- Subcultures -- Gender and sexualities -- Public spaces -- Cybercultures: new formations -- Conclusion.
Summary: Exploring for the first time the role that race, gender, sexuality, and postcoloniality play in the digital environment, the author demonstrates how these subject positions shape identities, communities, and networks in the same powerful manner that they do in the material world. From gaming, net democracy and connectivity, to theories of digitextuality, metamedia, and social networking, this book provides a timely and essential exploration of all aspects of today's networked world.
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"Reading" cybercultures -- Popular cybercultures -- Bodies -- Subcultures -- Gender and sexualities -- Public spaces -- Cybercultures: new formations -- Conclusion.


Exploring for the first time the role that race, gender, sexuality, and postcoloniality play in the digital environment, the author demonstrates how these subject positions shape identities, communities, and networks in the same powerful manner that they do in the material world. From gaming, net democracy and connectivity, to theories of digitextuality, metamedia, and social networking, this book provides a timely and essential exploration of all aspects of today's networked world.

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