An introduction to new media and cybercultures

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An introduction to new media and cybercultures

Pramod K. Nayar

Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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  • : pbk

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"A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., publication"

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-213) and index

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This introduction to cybercultures provides a cutting-edge and much needed guide to the rapidly changing world of new media and communication. Considers cyberculture and new media through contemporary race, gender and sexuality studies and postcolonial theory Offers a clear analysis of some of the most complex issues in cybercultures, including identity, network societies, new geographies, and connectivity Includes discussions of gaming, social networking, geography, net-democracy, aesthetics, popular internet culture, the body, sexuality and politics Examines key questions in the political economy, racialization, gendering and governance of cyberculture

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments vi 1 "Reading" Cybercultures 1 2 Popular Cybercultures 30 3 Bodies 65 4 Subcultures 87 5 Gender and Sexualities 115 6 Public Spaces 136 7 Cybercultures: New Formations 157 Conclusion 173 Glossary 183 Bibliography 187 Index 214

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