Cyberspaces of everyday life / Mark Nunes.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Nunes, Mark, 1965-

Series:

• Electronic mediations ; v. 19.
• Electronic mediations ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Cyberspace.
• Electronic villages (Computer networks).
• Social networks.
• Telematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cyberspaces of Everyday Life provides a critical framework for understanding how the Internet takes part in the production of social space. Addressing the social implications of spam and anti-spam legislation, as well as how the Patriot Act has affected the relationship between networked spaces and daily living, Mark Nunes sheds light on the question of virtual space and its role in the offline world.

Contents:

• The problem of cyberspace
• Virtual worlds and situated spaces : topographies of the World Wide Web
• Email, the letter, and the post
• Student bodies.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9838-4

OCLC:

476096138