Virtual publics : policy and community in an electronic age / edited by Beth E. Kolko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kolko, Beth E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Information technology.

Information society.

Physical Description:

xi, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2003]

Summary:

A collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine how the internet has affected conceptions of community and public life.

Contents:

The net effect: the public's fear and the public sphere / Gilbert B. Rodman

The Internet, community definition, and the social meaning of legal jurisdiction / Paul Schiff Berman

Architectural design for online environments / Anna Cicognani

Community, affect, and the virtual: the politics of cyberspace / J. MacGregor Wise

Securing trust online: wisdom or oxymoron? / Helen Nissenbaum

TV predicts its future: on convergence and cybertelevision / Tara McPherson

Women making multimedia: possibilities for feminist activism / Mary E. Hocks and Anne Balsamo

Is it art, in fact? / Mitch Geller

Making the virtual real: university-community partnerships / Alison Regan and John Zuern

Where do you want to learn tomorrow? the paradox of the virtual university / Collin Gifford Brooke

Community-based software, participatory theater: models for inviting participation in learning and artistic production / Susan Claire Warshauer

Communication, community, consumption: an ethnographic exploration of an online city / David Silver

Can technology transform? experimenting with wired communities / Mark A. Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0231118260

0231118279

OCLC:

51241994