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Writing the Public in Cyberspace: Redefining Inclusion on the Net (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) - Softcover

Book 50 of 66: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

Travers, Ann

 
9781138883413: Writing the Public in Cyberspace: Redefining Inclusion on the Net (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138883417 ISBN 13: 9781138883413
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Popular claims that new information technology will expand democratic and public spaces are problematic given the exclusive history of the public and the restriction of access to computer technology to elites. This book investigates patterns of behavior in a cybercommunity consisting of Americans and Canadians, and discusses the ways in which these so-called public spaces are likely to reshape the boundaries between social insiders and outsiders rather than eliminate them. Traverse analyses the ways in which the norms for participation within cyberspaces often play a role in undermining public tendencies, but notes that new information technologies provide educators, feminists, and other social groups concerned with broadening the inclusive nature of public spaces with unique opportunities. The book's final section explores current efforts by feminists on-line to expand public access for women and suggests further strategies for developing more genuinely inclusive public spaces. (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Oregon,1996; revised with new introduction, bibliography, and index)

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Ann Travers

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138883417
ISBN 13 
9781138883413
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
184