Wiley-Blackwell The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology

Moving beyond traditional cyberculture studies paradigms in several key ways, this comprehensive collection marks the increasing convergence of cyberculture with other forms of media, and with all aspects of our lives in a digitized world. Includes essential readings for both the student and scholar of a diverse range of fields, including new and digital media, internet studies, digital arts and culture studies, network culture studies, and the information societyIncorporates essays by both new and established scholars of digital cultures, including Andy Miah, Eugene Thacker, Lisa Nakamura, Chris Hables Gray, Sonia Livingstone and Espen AarsethCreated explicitly for the undergraduate student, with comprehensive introductions to each section that outline the main ideas of each essayExplores the many facets of cyberculture, and includes sections on race, politics, gender, theory, gaming, and spaceThe perfect companion to Nayar's Introduction to New Media and Cyberculture Review "Recommended. Lower-and-upper division undergraduates; general readers." (Choice , 1 April 2011) "This collection is a timely, thought-provoking reflection on the social and cultural impacts of cyberspace and new media. I highly recommend it to scholars, teachers, students and indeed all those interested in new media and cyberculture." (M/C Reviews, September 11, 2010) Review "Underscoring the larger socio-political, economic and cultural contexts of digital and new media cultures, this refreshingly diverse and interdisciplinary collection of scholarship offers a significant and timely contribution to the field of cyberculture studies." —Kristin Scott, George Mason University "What are cybercultures? Today, this question can only be asked and answered in the plural. The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology gives us a broad and well-nigh definitive sampling of reflections on how new technologies have changed our lives." —Steven Shaviro, author of Connected, Or, What It Means To Live in the Network Society"It is obvious that screens, and what happens on them, are only part of the story of new media in the early 21st century. These texts, ambitiously brought together by Pramod K. Nayar, provide some significant signposts for grasping the networks of flesh, fiber and affect operating inside, outside and beyond the screen." —Ryan Griffis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign"This collection gathers together interesting and important essays which enable its readers to usefully and sensibly approach to the studies of new media and cyberculture." —Terri He, Kaohsiung Medical University and National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan From the Inside Flap The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology collects essential readings for both the student and scholar of a diverse range of fields, including new and digital media, internet studies, digital arts and culture studies, network culture studies, and the information society. Created for the undergraduate, this wide-ranging and diverse collection explores the many facets of cyberculture, and includes sections on race, politics, gender, theory, gaming, and space. The perfect companion to Nayar’s Introduction to New Media andCyberculture, the volume incorporates essays by both new and established scholars of digital cultures, including Kathy Hayles, Andy Miah, Lev Manovich, Eugene Thacker, Lisa Nakamura, Sonia Livingstone, and Jesper Juul. Moving beyond traditional cyberculture studies paradigms in several key ways, this comprehensive collection marks the increasing convergence of cyberculture with other forms of media, and with all aspects of our everyday lives in a digitized world. From the Back Cover The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology collects essential readings for both the student and scholar of a diverse range of fields, including new and digital media, internet studies, digital arts and culture studies, network culture studies, and the info