Virtual Culture : Identity and Communication in Cybersociety

ISBN 10: 0761955267 / ISBN 13: 9780761955269

Published by SAGE Publications, Limited, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Virtual Culture : Identity and Communication in Cybersociety
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761955267
• ISBN 13: 9780761955269
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.003 pounds

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Synopsis

Virtual Culture marks a significant intervention in the current debate about access and control in cybersociety 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.

The contributors to this book apply a range of theoretical perspecitves derived from communication studies, sociology and anthropology to demonstrate the theoretical and practical possibilities for cybersociety as an identity-structured space.

About the Author

Steve Jones is UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Chicago, USA and Adjunct Research Professor in the Institute for Communications Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is editor of New Media & Society and co-editor of Mobile Media & Communication. His research interests encompass popular music studies, music technology, sound studies, internet studies, media history, virtual reality, human-machine communication, social robotics and human augmentics. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and the Tides Foundation.