ISBN:
0816647925
,
0816647917
,
9780816647927
,
9780816647910
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 223 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Electronic mediations v. 19
Parallel Title:
Print version Cyberspaces of Everyday Life
DDC:
303.48/34
Keywords:
Telematics
;
Social networks
;
Cyberspace
;
Electronic villages (Computer networks)
Abstract:
Cyberspaces of Everyday Life provides a critical framework for understanding how the Internet takes part in the production of social space. Addressing the social implications of spam and anti-spam legislation, as well as how the Patriot Act has affected the relationship between networked spaces and daily living, Mark Nunes sheds light on the question of virtual space and its role in the offline world
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Networks, Space, and Everyday Life; 1. THE PROBLEM OF CYBERSPACE; 2. VIRTUAL WORLDS AND SITUATED SPACES: Topographies of the World Wide Web; 3. EMAIL, THE LETTER, AND THE POST; 4. STUDENT BODIES; Afterword: Digital Dis-strophe; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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