Kitchin, Rob (1998) Towards geographies of cyberspace. Progress in Human Geography, 22 (3). pp. 385-406. ISSN 0309-1325
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Abstract
This article uses two cyberspatial technologies, namely, the Internet (the global network
of connected computers), and its close cousins, intranets (closed, private corporate telematic
networks), to illustrate the ways in which geographers have engaged, and could engage, with
studies of cyberspace. Virtual reality technologies are not discussed explicitly as, in the main, they
are still at an exploratory and experimental stage. The article has three central aims: first, to
introduce cyberspace and its implications to a wider geographical audience; secondly, to provide
a critical review of current empirical and theoretical work relating to cyberspatial technologies by
geographers; and, thirdly, to introduce geographers to the current debates and empirical research
of scholars from other disciplines and suggest how geographers can build upon and advance
these studies. An agenda for future research is outlined and an approach in which to ground
future studies is forwarded. It is argued that spatiality is central to understanding cyberspace.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | The final and definitive version of this article is available at Progress in Human Geography Vol.22 No.3 (1998) pp.385-406. doi:10.1191/030913298668331585 |
Keywords: | space-time; urban-regional restructuring; culture; society; politics; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA |
Item ID: | 3919 |
Depositing User: | Prof. Rob Kitchin |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2012 11:25 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Progress in Human Geography |
Publisher: | Sage |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/3919 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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