1st Edition

Writing the Public in Cyberspace Redefining Inclusion on the Net

By Ann Travers Copyright 2000
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Popular claims that new information technology will expand democratic and public spaces are problematic given the exclusive history of the public and the restriction of access to computer technology to elites. This book investigates patterns of behavior in a cybercommunity consisting of Americans and Canadians, and discusses the ways in which these so-called public spaces are likely to reshape the... Read more
Chapter 1: Promises, Promises, Promises, Chapter 2: Case Study of the National Capital Freenet, Chapter 3: Policing the Subject—Social Control in ncf.general, Chapter 4: Educational Change and the Public Sphere, Chapter 5: Feminist Counterpublics, Chapter 6: Public Technologies, Index

Biography

Ann Travers