Web.Studies
Bringing together the work of scholars, experts, and established online authors, this comprehensive book offers an analysis of contemporary web-based culture and arts plus the impact of the web on international economics, politics, and law. Featuring an introduction to the web and how it works, the book also outlines the theories and methodology of cyberculture studies and explores aspects of everyday life online: art and commerce, global communities and the politics of Internet access and...
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Bringing together the work of scholars, experts, and established online authors, this comprehensive book offers an analysis of contemporary web-based culture and arts plus the impact of the web on international economics, politics, and law.
AcknowledgementsPicture creditsContributorsPt. 1Web Studies11Web Studies: What's New32Internet Studies in the Twenty-first Century243Developing Methodological Frameworks for Studying the World Wide Web34Pt. 2Web Life, Identities, Arts and Culture514Identity Construction and Self-Presentation on Personal Homepages: Emancipatory Potentials and Reality Constraints535Masculinities on the Web696Everybody's Gotta Love Somebody, Sometime: Online Fan Community807Web Grrrls, Guerrilla Tactics: Young Feminisms on the Web928Movie-making in the New Media Age1039'Doing It' on the Web: Emerging Discourses on Internet Sex11410Art in Cyberspace: The Digital Aesthetic12711Pornography Online, Lesbian Style13712Help Yourself: The World Wide Web as a Self-Help Agora14613Fascination and Hospitality: Issues and Implications of Internet Interactions158Pt. 3Web Business, Economics and Capitalism16914Stitching the Web into Global Capitalism: Two Stories17115The Digital Divide18516Copyright in Cyberspace: Protecting Intellectual Property Online19517The Music Industry versus the Internet: MP3 and Other Cyber Music Wars204Pt. 4Global Web Communities, Politics and Protest21518The Internet and Democracy21719The World Wide Web Goes to War: From Kosovo to the 'War' against Terrorism23020World Wide Women and the Web24321Continuity within Change: The Cherokee Indians and the Internet25422Virus Writers: Subculture and the Electronic Meaning of Style26523Digital Media Futures274Glossary285References297Index317
\ From the Publisher\ "A thoughtful and well-balanced general overview of the subject that will be required reading on many undergraduate courses."—Convergence\ \ \
