V. Culture (Feb. 4)

Sociology 4J3: Sociology of Cyberspace

Neil Postman, Technopoloy: The Surrender of Culture to Technology. Vintage Books (Random House), 1993.
Nicholas Negroponte, Being Digital. Vintage Books (Random House), 1995.
Derrick de Kerckhove, The Skin of Culture: Investigating the NEW Electronic Reality. Edited by Christopher Dewdney. Somerville House Publishing, 1995.
Douglas Rushkoff, Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace. HarperCollins, 1994.
Dinty Moore, The Emperor's Virtual Clothes: The Naked Truth About Internet Culture. Workman Publishing (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), 1995.
Tim North, The Internet and Usenet Global Computer Networks: An investigation of their culture and its effects on new users. A Masters thesis. (c) 1994

CULTURE RESOURCES

Understanding McLuhan. A CD-ROM on the ideas and life of media guru Marshall McLuhan (Southam Interactive/Voyager)
Gaming
- Games Domain: List of Interactive Games on the Web
- Simon Gottschalk, "Video-Games as Postmodern Sites/Sights of Ideological Reproduction." Symbolic interaction. Sprg 1995 v 18 n 1 , p. 1
- Craig A. Anderson and Melissa Morrow, "Competitive Aggression Without Interaction: Effects of Competitive Versus Cooperative Instructions on Aggressive Behavior in Video Games." Personality & social psychology bulletin. OCT 01 1995 v 21 n 10, p. 1020
- A. Roland Irwin and Alan M Gross, "Cognitive Tempo, Violent Video Games, and Aggressive Behavior in Young Boys." Journal of family violence. SEP 01 1995 v 10 n 3, page 337
- Derek Scott, "The Effect of Video Games on Feelings of Aggression." The journal of psychology. MAR 01 1995 v 129 n 2 , p. 121
- Emanuel Donchin, "Video Games as Research Tools: The Space Fortress Game." Behavior research methods, instruments, & computing MAY 01 1995 v 27 n 2 , p. 217