Publisher's Synopsis
Longtime Web culture critic Cole Stryker traces their growing importance to mainstream news, community activism, and new creative media. Starting with the "anti-Facebook," the web community at 4chan.org, the book follows the evolution of Internet culture from humorous memes to political game-changers. Whether chronicling how Sarah Palin's personal email account was hacked or dissecting the threat of cyber-bullying, Stryker's engrossing and approachable book proves the transformative cultural impact of the Internet and the communities it sustains.
