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Cyberpunk is a genre that focuses on a "high tech, low life" near future setting where online societies have become more influential than real world governments and corporations have gained control. The typical protagonist is a lone wolf computer hacker on a crusade against injustice who is often manipulated. Cyberpunk stories depict underground electronic societies as a better alternative to the dystopian real world that is controlled by powerful corporations.

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Cyberpunk What is it? Where do we see it in literature and film?
Cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a focus of high tech and low life. The term was first coined by Bruce Bethke: in a title of his short story Cyberpunk which was published in 1983. Though there were genres which tied into cybernetics and punk there was no definitive word Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk Plot and Setting Cyberpunk is best known for its near futuristic setting where the underground electronic society prevails. Obviously being cyberpunk there must be a fair amount of the story relating to an online reality which is usually portrayed as a better alternative to life unplugged. Anything that can be done to a rat can be done to a human being. And we can do most anything to rats. This is a hard thing to think about, but its the truth. It wont go away because we can cover our eyes. This is cyberpunk. ~Bruce Sterling, author of cyberpunk novels.
Cyberpunk - Protagonists The typical protagonist in the cyberpunk genre is a computer hacker who is stereotypically a lone wolf whom is on a crusade against injustice. Many of the protagonists in this genre are manipulated. The focus on the malcontent and misfit actions of the protagonists are what brings the punk to the genre. The protagonist brings about a anti-hero feel to the story, usually burdened by a heavy dependency.
Cyberpunk Society The government ideal of control over a people is completely false in cyberpunk. The world is controlled by corporations, controlled by those who have money. Cyberpunk stories always have a pseudo-society underneath the corporation controlled real-space, called anywhere from cyberspace, to the metaverse. These adaptations of a world wide network where information is freely distributed to anyone is the basis of the modern internet .
Cyberpunk Neat Stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkhknVYJc0 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/SonyCenterAtNight.jpg

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Cyber punk teachback

  • 1. Cyberpunk What is it? Where do we see it in literature and film?
  • 2. Cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a focus of high tech and low life. The term was first coined by Bruce Bethke: in a title of his short story Cyberpunk which was published in 1983. Though there were genres which tied into cybernetics and punk there was no definitive word Cyberpunk.
  • 3. Cyberpunk Plot and Setting Cyberpunk is best known for its near futuristic setting where the underground electronic society prevails. Obviously being cyberpunk there must be a fair amount of the story relating to an online reality which is usually portrayed as a better alternative to life unplugged. Anything that can be done to a rat can be done to a human being. And we can do most anything to rats. This is a hard thing to think about, but its the truth. It wont go away because we can cover our eyes. This is cyberpunk. ~Bruce Sterling, author of cyberpunk novels.
  • 4. Cyberpunk - Protagonists The typical protagonist in the cyberpunk genre is a computer hacker who is stereotypically a lone wolf whom is on a crusade against injustice. Many of the protagonists in this genre are manipulated. The focus on the malcontent and misfit actions of the protagonists are what brings the punk to the genre. The protagonist brings about a anti-hero feel to the story, usually burdened by a heavy dependency.
  • 5. Cyberpunk Society The government ideal of control over a people is completely false in cyberpunk. The world is controlled by corporations, controlled by those who have money. Cyberpunk stories always have a pseudo-society underneath the corporation controlled real-space, called anywhere from cyberspace, to the metaverse. These adaptations of a world wide network where information is freely distributed to anyone is the basis of the modern internet .
  • 6. Cyberpunk Neat Stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkhknVYJc0 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/SonyCenterAtNight.jpg