Studying Digital Media at University and this was a required reading book.This book is made up of many what I would call "essay's", they are not massively long, so you can't read a title in a few hours. There are loads of different pieces within the book, on many varied subjects, cyber feminism being one of my favourite reads.
It is a great read, and although I only needed a few of the essay's for my course work, I continue to read through the different writings still today. The book is not only fantastic for reference use (as you can reference many different authors from this one book), but it is also very interesting and informative.
All the essay's within the sections relate to each other, so after finishing one, you feel the need to read onto the next one, and get a different perspective of the same subject.
For my needs, the book did go into enough detail, though I would imagine if you are looking for a very detailed book on cyber-culture, this is not the one for you.
None the less, if you are looking too learn quickly about cybercultures in it's many different forms and areas, this is a great start. Each essay as I said can be read in no more than a few hours, and the book is pretty big, so you get a lot of essays to look through.
Marc
- eryc.co.uk
