Review
...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 .
...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's introduction is remarkable...[he] truly animates this book..
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University
Jordans introduction is remarkable...[he] truly animates this book..
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University
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
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
...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's introduction is remarkable...[he] truly animates this book..
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University
Jordans introduction is remarkable...[he] truly animates this book..
–Alan Bilansky, Pennsylvania State University
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
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
Product Description
If knowledge is power, then what kind of knowledge leads to cyberpower? Written around a clear and simple theoretical framework, Cyberpower covers key concepts such as power and cyberspace, the virtual individual, society in cyberspace, and imagination and the internet.
Tim Jordan surfs through a wealth of material, including original research in interviews and statistical analysis, to provide a complete analysis of the politics and culture of cyberspace. Drawing on examples from cross-gendered virtual selves to the meaning of Bill Gates, he questions who actually governs cyberspace and what powers the individual can control while there. Using case studies from the rich mythology of the electronic frontier, from cyberrape to total surveillance, Cyberpower shows how cyberspace is remaking global society.
