Life in Cyberspace
Life in Cyberspace

Author: Mary Aiken

Publisher: European Investment Bank

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9286138393

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Internet is a real place. Every time we switch on our computers, use a program or an application, or log in to a social media site, we enter a virtual space made up of worlds, domains, forums and rooms. But we behave differently when we interact with technology: technology amplifies and accelerates our deeds; it can help us find useful information, benefit from a wide range of services and stay in touch with our friends, but it can also create addictive-type behaviours and subliminally manipulate us online. Mary Aiken, a cyberpsychologist specialised in the impact of technology on human behaviour, warns us about cybersecurity: "We need a human-centred approach that is mindful of how humans actually use connected things and not how the tech sector presumes or expects them to". This is the fifth essay in the Big Ideas series created by the European Investment Bank.

Extra Life
Extra Life

Author: David S. Bennahum

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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Bennahum relates his experiences growing up with the new technology of the 1980s, from PONG at age five to becoming a programmer a "Super User" in high school. He reflects on how familiarity with technology, "geekiness, role-playing, iterative thinking, and systems analysis led to a productive, social existence."--Jacket.

Cyberia
Cyberia

Author: Douglas Rushkoff

Publisher: Harper San Francisco

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13:

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. Rushkoff introduces us to Cyberia's luminaries, who speak with dazzling lucidity about the rapid-fire change we're all experiencing.

Is There a Home in Cyberspace?
Is There a Home in Cyberspace?

Author: Heike Mónika Greschke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-08-21

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1136342982

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How is global togetherness possible? How does the availability of the Internet alter migrants' everyday lives and senses of belonging? This book introduces an 'alien people' inhabiting a specific common virtual space in the World Wide Web, while the members of this space - most of them ethnic Paraguayans - are physically located in many different parts of the world. By developing an innovative and 'uniquely adequate' set of research methods, the author explores the interrelation of media and migration practices in their own right and sheds light not only on the living conditions of contemporary (Paraguayan) migrants, but also on emerging global forms of living together. The concentration on a single case facilitates an in-depth understanding of contemporary migration practices, cultural meanings of digital media and senses of belonging. The book discusses empirical data, methods and theoretical concepts in a reflexive writing style, allowing readers to follow the research process, and to learn from its choices and challenges which are rarely visible in most research reports. The reflexive research procedure contributes not only to the understanding of social realities in the light of globalization, but also to an advancement of sociological methods and concepts for researching social phenomena in global landscapes and mediatization.

24 Hours in Cyberspace
24 Hours in Cyberspace

Author: Rick Smolan

Publisher: Que

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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Painting on the walls of the digital cave. As seen on ABC News Nightline. Who are the millions of ordinary people all over the wod who are using cyberspace. How do they use it, why do they use it, and how does it change the way they work and play?

Communities in Cyberspace
Communities in Cyberspace

Author: Peter Kollock

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-06-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 113465412X

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This wide-ranging introductory text looks at the virtual community of cyberspace and analyses its relationship to real communities lived out in today's societies. Issues such as race, gender, power, economics and ethics in cyberspace are grouped under four main sections and discussed by leading experts: * identity * social order and control * community structure and dynamics * collective action. This topical new book displays how the idea of community is being challenged and rewritten by the increasing power and range of cyberspace. As new societies and relationships are formed in this virtual landscape, we now have to consider the potential consequences this may have on our own community and societies. Clearly and concisely written with a wide range of international examples, this edited volume is an essential introduction to the sociology of the internet. It will appeal to students and professionals, and to those concerned about the changing relationships between information technology and a society which is fast becoming divided between those on-line and those not.

Life on the Screen
Life on the Screen

Author: Sherry Turkle

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-04-26

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1439127115

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Life on the Screen is a book not about computers, but about people and how computers are causing us to reevaluate our identities in the age of the Internet. We are using life on the screen to engage in new ways of thinking about evolution, relationships, politics, sex, and the self. Life on the Screen traces a set of boundary negotiations, telling the story of the changing impact of the computer on our psychological lives and our evolving ideas about minds, bodies, and machines. What is emerging, Turkle says, is a new sense of identity—as decentered and multiple. She describes trends in computer design, in artificial intelligence, and in people’s experiences of virtual environments that confirm a dramatic shift in our notions of self, other, machine, and world. The computer emerges as an object that brings postmodernism down to earth.

Code
Code

Author: Director Edmond J Safra Center for Ethics and Roy L Furman Professorship of Law Lawrence Lessig

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-08-31

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9781537290904

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There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control.Code argues that this belief is wrong. It is not in the nature of cyberspace to be unregulable; cyberspace has no "nature." It only has code-the software and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of exquisitely oppressive control.If we miss this point, then we will miss how cyberspace is changing. Under the influence of commerce, cyberpsace is becoming a highly regulable space, where our behavior is much more tightly controlled than in real space.But that's not inevitable either. We can-we must-choose what kind of cyberspace we want and what freedoms we will guarantee. These choices are all about architecture: about what kind of code will govern cyberspace, and who will control it. In this realm, code is the most significant form of law, and it is up to lawyers, policymakers, and especially citizens to decide what values that code embodies.

The Cyber Effect
The Cyber Effect

Author: Mary Aiken

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0812997859

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"From one of the world's leading experts in cyberpsychology--a discipline that combines psychology, forensics, and technology--comes a groundbreaking exploration of the impact of technology on human behavior. In the first book of its kind, Mary Aiken applies her expertise in cyber-behavioral analysis to a range of subjects, including criminal activity on the Deep Web and Darknet; deviant behavior; Internet addictions; the impact of technology on the developing child; teenagers and the Web; cyber-romance and cyber-friendships; cyberchondria; the future of artificial intelligence; and the positive effects on our digital selves, such as online altruism"--

Hate Crimes in Cyberspace
Hate Crimes in Cyberspace

Author: Danielle Keats Citron

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2014-09-22

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0674368290

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The author examines the controversies surrounding cyber-harassment, arguing that it should be considered a matter for civil rights law and that social norms of decency and civility must be leveraged to stop it. --Publisher information.