In addition to those important works indicated by David, three other collections merit mention: Cultures of Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies (1996), edited by Rob Shields. Internet Culture (1997), edited by David Porter Communities in Cyberspace (1999), edited by Marc Smith and Peter Kollock Though I'm not sure if I would characterize these works as canonical, they certainly constitute interesting collections. There is a particularly smart article by Jodi O'Brien on gender and online interaction in the Smith and Kollock collection. Of course, there is also the very early collection edited by Michael Benedikt, Cyberspace, First Steps (1992). Best, John ********************************************************************** John Edward Campbell Doctoral Student Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 3620 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 E-mail: jcampbell@asc.upenn.edu Web-page: www.knowledgepower.info ----- Original Message ----- From: "david silver" <dsilver@u.washington.edu> To: <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [Air-l] Canonical Readers
i would suggest any books edited by steve jones, especially
CyberSociety: Computer-Mediated Communication & Community (1995). Virtual Culture: Identity and Communication in Cybersociety (1997). CyberSociety 2.0: Revisiting CMC and Community (Ed.) (1998).
i would second fred's suggestion of The Cybercultures Reader (edited by David Bell and Barbara M. Kennedy).
i would also second Race in Cyberspace (edited by Beth Kolko, Lisa Nakamura and Gil Rodman) and add Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace (edited by Lynn Cherny and Elizabeth Reba Weise, 1996) which although it's a bit inconsistent still had a monumental role in getting issues of gender and feminism into the mix.
and i would add Reading Digital Culture (edited by David Trend, 2001).
and finally, although i haven't read it yet, The New Media Reader (edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, 2003) is getting a lot of attention recently, especially within English/literature circles.
david
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