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Cyburbia: The Dangerous Idea That's Changing How We Live and Who We are (Hardcover)

by James Harkin (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1408701146
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408701140
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 173,452 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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`James Harkin's elegant re-framing of our internet culture . . . Harkin makes a convincing case' --Pat Kane, INDEPENDENT


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`We are morbidly afraid of disconnection. It is, Harkin argues persuasively, both a wonderful and a sinister new stage in the evolution of human society'
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4.0 out of 5 stars You are now entering 'Cyburbia'......enjoy your stay!!!!, 2 Mar 2009

Have you desperately conducted a last minute multi-million pound transfer deals on 'Fantasy Football Manager' or looked up the latest video of a kamikaze pet on 'you tube' at work, when your boss wasn't looking? If the answer to these questions is an empathic 'yes' then 'Cyburbia' by James Harkin is essential reading; 'Cyburbia' delves into the way global communication networks such as 'you tube' and 'facebook' have influenced the way we relate too each other at work and at play.

Harkin portrays the hippies, geeks and geniuses and who made the Internet happen. 'Cyburbia' is peppered with colourful examples that go from wacky to downright weird - did you know design of the humble computer mouse was influenced by military strategy and that it could in fact claim to be a distant relative of an anti-aircraft gun?

'Cyburbia' is brimming with many similar fascinating titbits, but much more than that and indeed this is the ultimate reason for reading this book is that 'Cyburbia' outlines a startling and prescient analysis of how digital information and communications have altered the way in which we shape our lives and everyday experiences. Although James Harkin does not have all the answers, and throws in the occasional red herring, his witty and punchy anecdotes writing style is extremely entertaining to read.

James Harkin's take on the trends and development of the digital society in 'Cyburbia' is a worthwhile read and comes highly recommended reading for any one like myself who finds the 'log off' computer command is almost akin to hearing the play ground bell at school signalling that 'play time' is over.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for technology novices like myself, 6 May 2009
"Cyburbia" is a must read if you are a technology novice like myself because it describes eloquently what direction the world we now live in is now headed.
The author has a knack for addressing (simply), breaking down and conveying to the reader very complex socio-technological ideas and how they affect our every day lives without us even realising it. When you sign on to Facebook do you even consider why you prefer to contact your friends in this way rather than just phone them or write them a letter? Do you know the origin of ideas that spawned Facebook, MySpace & Twitter? Thisook provides some of the answers. This should be recommended reading on any sociology higher education course.
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3.0 out of 5 stars flight from cyburbia, 16 Mar 2009
Having highjacked his title (from the group of American planners who've been using it to describe their rather more physical world for a decade and a half) the author sets out to redefine the word to suit his thesis. We're sleep-walking into a world of unreality in which having "friends" on Facebook seems preferable to experiencing actual friendship, in which being in to information loop seems more important than working out what to do with a surfeit of feedback, in which it seems unsafe, even when you're in bed, to turn your Blackberry off.

You don't need to be a Luddite to follow the argument, but it helps to be alert. The author himself seems more than half-seduced by it all (it's so fast moving, there are such good stories to tell, and the cyber world is genuinely powerful) but he manages, just, to remember where he was trying to go as he reaches the final pages.

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