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An Introduction to Cybercultures

Name: An Introduction to Cybercultures
Author: David Bell
ISBN: 9780203192320

by David Bell

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Overview

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

About the Author, David Bell

David Bell

David Bell is an assistant professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He received an M.A. in creative writing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Ph.D. in American Literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.