An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures

This introduction to cybercultures provides a cutting–edge and much–needed guide to the rapidly changing world of new media and communication. Exploring for the first time the role that race, gender, sexuality, and postcoloniality play in the digital environment, Pramod Nayar demonstrates how these subject positions shape identities, communities, and networks in the same powerful manner that they do in the material world. From gaming, net democracy and connectivity, to theories of digitextuality, metamedia, and social networking, An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures  provides a timely and essential exploration of all aspects of today s networked world.

Preface and Acknowledgments.

1. "Reading" Cybercultures.

2. Popular Cybercultures.

3. Bodies.

4. Subcultures.

5. Gender and Sexualities.

6. Public Spaces.

7. Cybercultures: New Formations.

Conclusion.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

Pramod K. Nayar teaches at the Department of English, University of Hyderabad, India. His most recent books include Virtual Worlds: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cybertechnology (2004), Reading Culture: Theory, Praxis, Politics (2006), An Introduction to Cultural Studies (2008), and Cybercultures: An Anthology (Wiley–Blackwell 2010).