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Cyberghetto or Cybertopia?: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internetby Bosah L. Ebo
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Computer-mediated communication and cyberculture are dramatically changing the nature of social relationships. Whether cyberspace will simply retain vestiges of traditional communities with hierarchical social links and class-structured relationships or create new egalitarian social networks remains an open question. The chapters in this volume examine the issue of social justice on the Internet by using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Political scientists, sociologists, and communications and information systems scholars address issues of race, class, and gender on the Internet in chapters that do not assume any specialized training in computer technology. Book News Annotation:Political scientists, sociologists, and communication and information
scholars explore the implications of the Internet for social justice.
Among the issues they address are whether electronic networks will
accommodate marginal constituencies within the notions of economic,
social, and political empowerment; the potential of the new
cyberculture to encompass the cultural forms of marginal
constituencies; and how the commercial imperatives of the Internet
redefine the relationship between elite and marginal constituencies
in terms of production and access to knowledge.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:The major strengths of Cyberghetto or Cybertopia are that the information can be used to support ad inspire research by students and faculty regarding the Internet and inform policymakers across the country about the technological crisis that may befall their very constituents....[T]his book conveniently packages in-depth contributions that are accessible to academics, public servants, and private industry professions. Review:[G]eneral readers with an interest in the social impact of the Internet should find this absorbing reading.... What the author has to say should be of particular interest to people concerned with lack of funding for education.... This book should be on the reading list for social science, political science, and communications courses. Policy makers in the communication field, and those who seek to influence them, should take the time to read it. Librarians should consider it for acquisition. Synopsis:Computer-mediated communication and cyberculture are dramatically changing the nature of social relationships. Whether cyberspace will simply retain vestiges of traditional communities with hierarchical social links and class-structured relationships or create new egalitarian social networks remains an open question. The chapters in this volume examine the issue of social justice on the Internet by using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Synopsis:Examines the impact of the Internet on social relationships and its implications for social justice. About the AuthorBOSAH EBO is a Professor in the Department of Communication at Rider University, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Table of ContentsPreface Internet or Outernet by Bosah Ebo Class on the Net Exposing the Great Equalizer: Demythologizing Internet Equity by Alecia Wolf Insuring Social Justice for the New Underclass: Community Interventions to Meet the Needs of the New Poor by John G. McNutt The Challenge of Cyberspace: Internet Access and Persons with Disabilities by Mark Borchert Cyber-Soldiering: Race, Class, Gender, and New Media Use in the U.S. Army by Morten G. Ender and David R. Segal How the Web Was Won: The Commercialization of Cyberspace by James L. McQuivey Race on the Net Challenging the Mandarins: Comparing City Characteristics and Nationwide Newspaper Coverage of the Internet 1993-1995 by John C. Pollock and Elvin Montero Domination and Democracy in Cyberspace: Reports from the Majority Media and Ethnic/Gender Margins by Meta G. Carstarphen and Jacqueline Johnson Lambiase Equity and Access to Computer Technology for Grades K-12 by Paulette Robinson On the Electronic Information Frontier: Training the Information Poor in an Age of Unequal Access by Rebecca Carrier Cybergendering Democratizing Internet Access in the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Communities by Nadine Koch and H. Eric Schockman Communicative Style and Gender Differences in Computer-Mediated Communications by Kevin Crowston and Ericka Krammerer Netsex: Empowerment Through Discourse by Charlene Blair Embracing the Machine: Quilt and Quilting as Community-Building Architecture by Andrew F. Wood and Tyrone L. Adams Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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