Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: THE SELF, IDENTITY AND BODY IN THE AGE OF THE VIRTUAL
Virtual Identity - David Holmes
Communities of Broadcast, Communities of Interactivity
Virtual Worlds/Virtual Bodies - Cathryn Vasseleu
Beyond Being Digital - Nicola Green
The Semiotics of Technics
An Ontology of Digital Domains - Chris Chesher
The Subject of Virtual Reality - Simon Cooper
Plenitude vs Alienation
This Abstract Body - Paul James and Freya Carkeek
PART TWO: POLITICS AND COMMUNITY IN VIRTUAL WORLDS
Virtual Urban Futures - Michael Ostwald
Community in the Abstract - Michele Willson
A Political and Ethical Dilemma?
What Space Is Cyberspace? - Mark Nunes
The Internet and Virtuality
Always Already Virtual - Patricia Wise
Feminist Politics in Cyberspace
Virtual Reality and the New Age - Chris Zigiuras
The Technologisation of the Sacred
Cyberdemocracy - Mark Poster
Internet and the Public Sphere

About the Author

David Holmes is a Lecturer in Communications and Media, Monash University

Reviews

`Contains valuable insights for scholars teaching and researching in this field′ - Political Science