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Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet
by Tim Jordan
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Routledge (1999-02-18)
ISBN: 0415170788
EAN: 9780415170789
Dewy Decimal #: 303.4833
Paperback: 254 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: B288-1487
Condition: New
Comments: New & Shrinkwrapped. In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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comprehensive, detailed and well written
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-01-12
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I found the previous review of this book rather dispiriting in so far as it reinforces all my prejudices about those students who want soundbites rather than any material they may actually have to think about. I'm sorry that this reader found Jordan's book "abstract" and "exausting" (sic), but I think that says more about the reader than the writer."Cyberpower" is not an easy read because it is not about an easy subject, the criticism that it has "abstract" concepts made me laugh because I'm not sure what other sort of concepts you'd use to describe something as inherently abstract as cyberspace - for the student reviewer not to work that one out is rather worrying to say the least. There's lots of cyberguff out there and Jordan succeeds in avoiding that sort of approach. He examines the complex relationship between the virtual and real worlds head-on and I think he should be applauded for his effort.
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Cyberbabble
Rating  (1)
Date: 2000-12-13
This book by Tim Jordan has to be the most mind-numbing ramble I've read in a long time. Cyberpower and the culture and politics of Cyberspace is not the most exciting, edge-of-your-seat, page-turning subject to write about, but to fill over 200 pages with exausting details and abstract concepts causing the reader to read and reread and still feel like he has gained no real knowledge is ridiculous. Perhaps you would say my review is a bit simplistic, but at least you can comprehend it. I'm not alone in my opinion. Many of my fellow classmates felt the same way. I would recommend the book e-topia by William J. Mitchell instead.
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