{"product_id":"9781350452794","title":"Digital Humanities and the Cyberspace Decade, 1990-2001 A World Elsewhere","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDigital Humanities and the Cyberspace Decade, 1990-2001\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA World Elsewhere\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClaire Warwick | Anthony Mandal | Jenny Kidd\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSetting out a history of cyberspace and its relationship with the discipline that was to become digital humanities, this book is an account\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e of an often-forgotten period of internet history in the 1990s when this medium was in its infancy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt provides a detailed account of the concepts of 'cyberspace' and the 'virtual', which were characteristic of a perception that using the internet allowed users to enter a separate space from everyday life- a world elsewhere. In doing so, it argues that this libertarian idea of the internet framed it as a new frontier, where the rules of the everyday world did not and should not apply, and where the individual could find freedom. These early norms and the regrettable lack of regulation that was a consequence of them, this book argues, contributed to many of current issues with internet media. including of toxic communication, disinformation and over-commercialisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClaire Warwick \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor of Digital Humanities in the Department of English at Durham University, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 October 2024\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350452794\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936336674956,"sku":"9781350452794","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3aa6750c-e493-44de-8571-4700ee679c66.jpg?v=1786018249","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350452794","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}