Cyberimperialism?

This collection of essays addresses whether all nations will actively participate in building the information superhighway or whether the Internet will reflect global technological inequalities. The writings are grouped in four major sections, which examine theoretical issues on cyberglobalization, politics in the electronic global village, global economic issues in cyberspace, and national identities and grassroots movements in cyberspace. Contributing scholars represent a wide spectrum of disciplines from political science, economics, and communications to sociology, anthropology, and philosophy. A number of methodological and theoretical perspectives direct the writings. Collectively, the essays point toward an emerging technology that exhibits innate qualities characteristic of the classic notion of cultural imperialism.This edited collection, with its timely approach to the implications of the Internet for global relations, will appeal to communication, sociology, and political science scholars. The interdisciplinary approach will also attract students and educators from such fields as anthropology, philosophy and economics. To aid in further research, select bibliographies follow each essay.

?Cyberimperialism introduces some critical sensiblities into our evaluation of the social impact of the internet. Readers who have become accustomed to publications extolling the democratic virtues of the Internet will benefit from the alternative images of the World Wide Web as a tool of oppression. Futures researchers interested in engendering conversations about the future of globalization and the Internet would benefit from its more balanced and nuanced discussion.?-Futures, "Cyberimperialism introduces some critical sensiblities into our evaluation of the social impact of the internet. Readers who have become accustomed to publications extolling the democratic virtues of the Internet will benefit from the alternative images of the World Wide Web as a tool of oppression. Futures researchers interested in engendering conversations about the future of globalization and the Internet would benefit from its more balanced and nuanced discussion."-Futures

BOSAH EBO is Professor in the Department of Communication at Rider University where he teaches International Communication, Communication Ethics, and Media and Popular Culture. He is the author of Cyberghetto or Cybertopia: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet (Praeger 1998).