The Cultural Imaginary of the Internet

Virtual Utopias and Dystopias

M. Yar

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English

Palgrave Pivot
12 May 2014

Cultural studies; Impact of science & technology on society; Virtual reality

Contemporary culture offer contradictory views of the internet and new media technologies, painting them in extremes of optimistic enthusiasm and pessimistic concern. This book explores such representations, uncovering the roots of our cultural responses to the internet, centred upon a profoundly ambivalent reaction to technological modernity.

By: M. Yar
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 299g
ISBN: 9781137436689
ISBN 10: 1137436689
Pages: 114
Publication Date: 12 May 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Majid Yar is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hull, UK. He has researched and published widely in the areas of crime & deviance studies, media & popular culture, and social & criminological theory.