critical cyberculture studies

i've just received word that an anthology that adrienne massanari and i edited, titled critical cyberculture studies, will be available soonish from nyu press. it is exciting to see the book come to life (almost!) and it has been a terrific experience working closely with emily park and her team at nyu press.

i was psyched to learn that howard rheingold, one of my favorites in the field, supplied a soundbite for the back cover: "As studies of the Internet and cyberculture begin to mature, it is a particularly important time for critical studies - critical of the subject matter, and critical of the emerging field itself. The consciously interdisciplinary approach of Critical Cyberculture Studies, and the depth and breadth of the contributions, make this an important foundational work at the beginnings of a new field of studies. If only we had a critical study of communication when the Gutenberg revolution was beginning!" - Howard Rheingold, author of The Virtual Community and Smart Mobs

here's the table of contents:

Foreword: Dreams of Fields: Possible Trajectories of Internet Studies, by Steve Jones
Introduction: Where Is Internet Studies? by David Silver

PART I Fielding the Field

1. The Historiography of Cyberculture, by Jonathan Sterne
   
2. Cultural Difference, Theory, and Cyberculture Studies: A Case of Mutual Repulsion, by Lisa Nakamura
   
3. How We Became Postdigital: From CyberStudies to Game Studies, by Espen Aarseth
   
4. Internet Studies in Times of Terror, by David Silver and Alice Marwick
   
5. Catching the Waves: Considering Cyberculture, Technoculture, and Electronic Consumption, by Wendy Robinson
   
6. Cyberculture Studies: An Antidisciplinary Approach (version 3.0), by McKenzie Wark
   
   PART II Critical Approaches and Methods
   
7. Finding the Quality in Qualitative Research, Nancy K. Baym
   
8. Web Sphere Analysis and Cybercultural Studies, Kirsten Foot
   
9. Connecting the Selves: Computer-Mediated Identification Processes, by Heidi J. Figueroa Sarriera
   
10. The Structural Problems of the Internet for Cultural Policy, by Christian Sandvig
    
11. Cultural Considerations in Internet Policy and Design: A Case Study from Central Asia, by Beth E. Kolko
    
12. Bridging Cyberlife and Real Life: A Study of Online Communities in Hong Kong, by Anthony Fung
    
13. Overcoming Institutional Marginalization, by Blanca Gordo
    
14. The Vertical (Layered) Net: Interrogating the Conditions of Network Connectivity, by Greg Elmer
    
15. The Construction of Cybersocial Reality, by Stine Gotved
    
    PART III Cultural Difference in/and Cyberculture
    
16. E-scaping Boundaries: Bridging Cyberspace and Diaspora Studies through Nethnography, by Emily Noelle Ignacio
    
17. An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Cybercultures, by Madhavi Mallapragada
    
18. An Action Research (AR) Manifesto for Cyberculture Power to "Marginalized" Cultures of Difference, by Bharat Mehra
    
19. Cyberstudies and the Politics of Visibility, by David J. Phillips
    
20. Disaggregation, Technology, and Masculinity: Elements of Internet Research, by Frank Schaap
    
21. Gender, Technology, and Visual Cyberculture: Virtually Women, by Kate O'Riordan
    
    PART IV Critical Histories of the Recent Past
    
22. How Digital Technology Found Utopian Ideology: Lessons from the First Hackers' Conference, by Fred Turner
    
23. Government.com: ICTs and Reforming Governance in Asia, by Shanthi Kalathil
    
24. Dot-Coms and Cyberculture Studies: Amazon.com as a Case Study, by Adrienne Massanari
    
25. Associating Independents: Business Relationships and the Culture of Independence in the Dot-Com Era, by Gina Neff
    About the Contributors

critical cyberculture studies should be out in september.