ABSTRACT

An Introduction to Cybercultures provides an accessible guide to the major forms, practices and meanings of this rapidly-growing field. From the evolution of hardware and software to the emergence of cyberpunk film and fiction, David Bell introduces readers to the key aspects of cyberculture, including email, the internet, digital imaging technologies, computer games and digital special effects. Each chapter contains `hot links' to key articles in its companion volume, The Cybercultures Reader, suggestions for further reading, and details of relevant websites. Individual chapters examine: · Cybercultures: an introduction · Storying cyberspace · Cultural Studies in cyberspace · Community and cyberculture · Identities in cyberculture · Bodies in cyberculture · Cybersubcultures · Researching cybercultures

chapter 1|5 pages

CYBERCULTURES: AN INTRODUCTION

chapter 4|27 pages

CULTURAL STUDIES IN CYBERSPACE

chapter 5|21 pages

COMMUNITY AND CYBERCULTURE

chapter 6|24 pages

IDENTITIES IN CYBERCULTURE

chapter 7|26 pages

BODIES IN CYBERCULTURE

chapter 8|23 pages

CYBERSUBCULTURES

chapter 9|19 pages

RESEARCHING CYBERCULTURES

chapter 10|3 pages

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