Digital Humanities and the Cyberspace Decade, 1990-2001 - (Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures) by Claire Warwick (Hardcover)
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- Setting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities, this book is an account of an often-forgotten period of internet history in the 1990s when this medium was in its infancy.It provides a detailed account of the concepts of 'cyberspace' and the 'virtual', which were characteristic of a perception that using the internet allowed users to enter a separate space from everyday life- a world elsewhere.
- About the Author: Claire Warwick is a Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of English at Durham University, UK.
- 256 Pages
- Social Science, Media Studies
- Series Name: Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures
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"Setting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities, this book is an account of an often-forgotten period of internet history in the 1990s when this medium was in its infancy"--Book Synopsis
Setting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities, this book is an account of an often-forgotten period of internet history in the 1990s when this medium was in its infancy.It provides a detailed account of the concepts of 'cyberspace' and the 'virtual', which were characteristic of a perception that using the internet allowed users to enter a separate space from everyday life- a world elsewhere. In doing so, it argues that this libertarian idea of the internet framed it as a new frontier, where the rules of the everyday world did not and should not apply, and where the individual could find freedom. These early norms and the regrettable lack of regulation that was a consequence of them, this book argues, contributed to many of current issues with internet media. including of toxic communication, disinformation and over-commercialisation
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An important contribution [that] effectively historicizes the transition from the decade of the 1990s, when internet culture was a novelty to some, through the present moment, when things are quite otherwise.
Brian Lennon, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University, USA
About the Author
Claire Warwick is a Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of English at Durham University, UK.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.17 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Media Studies
Series Title: Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardcover
Author: Claire Warwick
Language: English
Street Date: October 31, 2024
TCIN: 94168648
UPC: 9781350452794
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-1454
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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