The political mapping of cyberspace / Jeremy W. Crampton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crampton, Jeremy W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberspace--Political aspects.

Cyberspace.

Cyberspace--Social aspects.

Internet--Political aspects.

Internet.

Information society.

Cartography--Political aspects.

Cartography.

Geographic information systems--Political aspects.

Geographic information systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2003]

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748614134);This book is about the politics of cyberspace. It shows that cyberspace is no mere virtual reality but a rich geography of practices and power relations. Using concepts and methods derived from the work of Michel Foucault, Jeremy Crampton explores the construction of digital subjectivity, web identity and authenticity, as well as the nature and consequences of the digital divide between the connected and those abandoned in limbo. He demonstrates that it is by processes of mapping that we understand cyberspace and in doing so delineates the critical role maps play in constructing cyberspace as an object of knowledge. Maps, he argues, shape political thinking about cyberspace, and he deploys in-depth case studies of crime mapping, security and geo-surveillance to show how we map ourselves onto cyberspace, inexorably and indelibly.Clearly argued and vigorously written, this book offers a powerful reinterpretation of cyberspace, politics and contemporary life."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Being Virtually There: The Spatial Problematics of “Cyberspace”

PART I CARTOGRAPHIC POWER–KNOWLEDGES

2 The History of Internet Mapping

3 Why Mapping is Political

PART II TECHNOLOGIES OF THE SELF

4 Authenticity and Authentication

5 Communities in Cyberspace: Confession and Parrhesia

PART III CASE STUDIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF CYBERSPACE

6 Disciplinary Cyberspaces: Security and Surveillance

7 Geographies of the Digital Divide

PART IV CONCLUSION

8 Positivities of Power, Possibilities of Pleasure

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [196]-208) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6592-7