In this eloquent exploration of the nature of cyberspace and the
increasing virtualization of everyday life, Stephen Doheny-Farina
argues that electronic neighborhoods should be less important to us
than our geophysical neighborhoods. He Speaks in favor of civic
networking, a movement that organizes local information and
culture, and shows how new technologies can help reinvigorate our
troubled communities.
"The Wired Neighborhood punctures most of the inflated myths
about the wondrous Net. Its author also points to one small corner
of this datasphere that might build, not erode, community. If you
absolutely must remain plugged-in, take his advice about where to
aim your mouse". -- Bill McKibben
"Lucid and precise ...invaluable to a nuanced understanding of
the technologies now transmogrifying the meaning of community and
even reality". -- Utne Reader
"The dilemma Doheny-Farina addresses is a real one that is
unlikely to go away, and his book is a useful contribution to the
debate.... He writes with an inviting fluency rare in academic Net
discourse". -- Charles Shaar Murray, Daily Telegraph
"Doheny-Farina, a shrewd observer of encroaching mediation,
makes a number of important points". -- Sven Birkerts,
Prevention
"Nowhere online can you find all of these issues summarized or
explicated.... I am confident that The Wired Neighborhood will
remain an important early analysis of the effects of the Net on our
towns and our lives". -- Steve Cisler, Community Networking
Currents
"A brave little volume that dares to discuss both sides,
fiddling with thought and reason, in an honest quest for insight".
-- Burke Campbell, Toronto Globe & Mail
"If Doheny-Farina isn't the first towrite about the Internet
with an eye critical to its assumptions and implications, he might
well be the most level-headed". -- Paul Maliszewski, Business
Journal
"An absorbing work on an important topic". -- Library
Journal
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