Cybercultures Reader

The Cybercultures Reader brings together key writings in the exciting and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture studies, providing in one volume a comprehensive guide to the ways in which new technologies are shaped by and are shaping cultural forms and practices. This new, updated, and thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling The Cybercultures Reader includes a host of specially selected contemporary articles by key thinkers in the expanding field of cybercultures studies. The Reader covers all the main areas of current research, including new sections for this edition such as cybercommunities, cyberidentities, cyberlife and cyberpolitics. It ends with a forward-looking section of essays that move beyond cybercultures, to consider cutting-edge developments in technologies and how we think about them. Key features of the Reader include: A general introduction to the study of cyberculture Introductions to each thematic section, locating the articles in their theoretical and technological contexts. This new edition of The Cybercultures Reader will be an indispensable resource for all those interested in living with and thinking about new technologies. David Bell is Senior Lecturer in Critical Human Geography and leader of the Urban Cultures & Consumption research cluster at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include An Introduction to Cybercultures (2001) and Cyberculture Theorists: Manuel Castells & Donna Haraway (2006) Barbara M. Kennedy is Reader in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Staffordshire. Her previous publications include Deleuze and Cinema: The Aesthetics of Sensation (2000), The Cybercultures Reader (2000) with David Bell and a variety of articles in journals on feminist film theory, philosophy, dance, choreography and cultural studies. CULTURAL STUDIESKennedy, Barbara M. is the author of 'Cybercultures Reader', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415410670 and ISBN 0415410673.