Cyberspaces of Everyday Life

Networks and computermediated communication now penetrate the spaces ofeveryday life at a fundamental level. We communicate work bank date checkthe weather and ... » 

Networks and computermediated communication now penetrate the spaces ofeveryday life at a fundamental level. We communicate work bank date checkthe weather and fuel conspiracy theories online. In each instance usersinteract with network technology as much more than a computational device. Cyberspaces of Everyday Life provides a critical framework for understandinghow the Internet takes part in the production of social space. Mark Nunes drawson the spatial analysis work of Henri Lefebvre to make sense of cyberspace as asocial product. Looking at online education he explores the ways in which theInternet restructures the university. Nunes also examines social uses of theWorld Wide Web and illustrates the ways online communication alters therelation between the global and the local. He also applies Deleuzian theory toemphasize computermediated communications performative elements of spatialproduction. Addressing the social and cultural implications of spam andantispam legislation as well as how the burst Internet stock bubble and thePatriot Act have affected the relationship between networked spaces and dailyliving Cyberspaces of Everyday Life sheds new light on the question ofvirtual space and its role in the offline world. Mark Nunes is associateprofessor and chair of the humanities department at Georgia Perimeter CollegeClarkston Campus. «