Cyberanthropology and Cyberculture
Vol.1,No.2(2010)
The aim of this paper is to provide an account and analysis of Cyberanthropology as a relatively new anthropologic discipline. The subject of cyberanthropologic research is (1) Location where the new information and communication technologies are created; (2) Cyberspace where the information is bestowed; and (3) Shared way of life of information systems users. Th e stimulus, which lead to the inception of Cyberanthropology, was the growing infl uence of modern communication technologies on the common way of life. Socio-cultural anthrpologists realized that the new information technologies as well as the scientific knowledge in the area of media communication more and more infl uence the existence of social, economical and political systems. Furthermore, they wipe down the frontiers between people and machines and create a new type of virtual reality – cyberspace and cyberculture. Consequently, the necessity to describe, analyse and interpret this cultural phenomenon resulted in a birth of a new field of Sociocultural Anthropology – Cyberanthropology.
culture; cyberculture; cyberspace; cyberpunk; cyberanthropology
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