Cyberpower: An Introduction to the Politics of Cyberspace [Paperback]

Tim Jordan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 1999

This is the first complete introduction to and analysis of the politics of the internet. Chapters are arranged around key words and use case studies to guide the reader through a wealth of material.
Cyberpower presents all the key concepts of cyberspace including:
* power and cyberspace
* the virtual individual
* society in cyberspace
* imagination and the internet.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Whether Cyberspace is a place or not, many explorers need orientation to the digital world--a map. And sociologist Tim Jordan is ready to provide just that, claiming that 'the patterns of virtual life are clear enough to be mapped....This book is such a globe. It is a cartography of powers.'.
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University

Jordan's introduction is remarkable...[he] truly animates this book..
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University

...he is a fine representative of how the Internet is discussed in certain circles....
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University

I would definitely assign this book.... It serves as an excellent introduction, and would serve well as a representative of efforts to map cyberspace, pointing to some popular attractions..
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University

...Jordan does a good job of giving readers some grounding in the denser theoretical concepts he wants to employ while providing a variety of examples...Jordan skillfully works in a wide range of data while maintaining his theoretical considerations. Contemporary Sociology 31, 3 .

About the Author

Tim Jordan works at the Open University. He is co-editor of Storming the Millennium: The New Politics of Change (1998) and author of Reinventing Revolution: Value and Difference in New Social Movements and the Left (1994).

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Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (April 2, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415170788
• ISBN-13: 978-0415170789
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,615,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Accurate projections, May 9, 2004

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This review is from: Cyberpower: An Introduction to the Politics of Cyberspace (Hardcover)

Written in 1999, this book has a breezy optimism about the networking power of the Internet, to gather together people of similar political interests. The intervening years have been eventful, and validate a lot of the book's projections.

Smart mobs, to use Howard Rheingold's term, and the increasing visibility of the Internet in this year's US Presidential campaigns suggest that indeed, the Internet is proving a focal point for many activists.