Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
20 used & new from $12.59

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Cyberghetto or Cybertopia?: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

Cyberghetto or Cybertopia?: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet (Hardcover)

by Bosah Ebo (Editor) "New technological artifacts often challenge existing social structures by introducing new rules for social relationships..." (more)
Key Phrases: advanced information skills, communal cyberspace, cyber center, New York, United States, Yellow Ribbon (more...)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

List Price: $119.95
Price: $119.95 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details
Upgrade this book for $23.00 more, and you can read, search, and annotate every page online. See details
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want it delivered Tuesday, July 14? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
8 new from $115.95 12 used from $12.59

Editorial Reviews

Review
“The major strengths of Cyberghetto or Cybertopia are that the information can be used to support ad inspire research by students and faculty regarding the Internet and inform policymakers across the country about the technological crisis that may befall their very constituents....[T]his book conveniently packages in-depth contributions that are accessible to academics, public servants, and private industry professions.”–Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

“[G]eneral readers with an interest in the social impact of the Internet should find this absorbing reading.... What the author has to say should be of particular interest to people concerned with lack of funding for education.... This book should be on the reading list for social science, political science, and communications courses. Policy makers in the communication field, and those who seek to influence them, should take the time to read it. Librarians should consider it for acquisition.”–PC Update Directory

Product Description
Computer-mediated communication and cyberculture are dramatically changing the nature of social relationships. Whether cyberspace will simply retain vestiges of traditional communities with hierarchical social links and class-structured relationships or create new egalitarian social networks remains an open question. The chapters in this volume examine the issue of social justice on the Internet by using a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Praeger Publishers (July 30, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0275959937
  • ISBN-13: 978-0275959937
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,709,845 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Inside This Book (learn more)



Books on Related Topics (learn more)
 
 

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great essays, if limited to a narrow political spectrum, December 4, 1998
This book reflects and exposes many of the utopian views of theInternet as the rose-filtered fanatical visions that they are. But italso exposes the dystopian visions by showing real efforts at community building, and good effects for real people, coming from the Internet.

We see too many digerati/netizen books that just tout some new ivory tower view of what happens on line. These other books do not often deal with issues like Universal Service, or the inherently classist issues of information haves and have-nots.

This book gives us some reasons that access to the net for "non-traditional," marginalized, or overlooked populations is important, and not well addressed, generally.

For some, this is a vision of how the other half (or less than half, as minorities? ;) lives on -- and often off-line. For some of us, it's validating, and lends depth to the online experience.

If I have a criticism, I didn't see much range of political/social perspectives here. I would have liked to have seen more dialogue among viewpoints, in some cases. But there's only so much room in a print book -- where's the website?!

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
5.0 out of 5 stars EBO is amazing, November 9, 2005
Ebo is the man. He knows what hes talking about.

Buy Buy Buy
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums


Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)

Look for Similar Items by Category


Shop in a Box with Power-Tool Combo Packs

Shop for combo packs
Expand your tool collection with a versatile combo pack. Our extensive line of combo packs includes air tools and convenient cordless power tools.

Shop combo packs

 

Best Books of 2008

Best of 2008
Find our top 100 editors' picks as well as customers' favorites in dozens of categories in our Best Books of 2008 Store.
 

Smooth Operator

Shop for garage door openers
Find garage door products in the Hardware Store. Opening the garage door shouldn’t be a chore.

Shop for garage door openers

 

Best Books

Best of the Month
See our editors' picks and more of the best new books on our Best of the Month page.
 

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Where's My Stuff?

Shipping & Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue shopping: Top Sellers
Paranoia
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
My Soul to Lose
My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent
Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Glenn Beck's Common Sense

Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates