Richard Barbrook

Richard Barbrook is a senior lecturer in the [http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/ School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Languages] at the University of Westminster.

Richard studied for a BA in Social & Political Science at Downing College, Cambridge, a MA in Political Behaviour at Essex University and a doctorate in Politics & Government at Kent University. In the early 1980s, he was involved with pirate and community radio broadcasting. Helping to set up the multi-lingual [http://www.spectrumradio.net/ Spectrum Radio] station in London, he published extensively on radio issues during this period.

Having worked on media regulation within the EU for some years at a research institute at the University of Westminster, much of his material was published in his 1995 [http://www.plutobooks.com/cgi-local/nplutobrows.pl?chkisbn=9780745309439&main=&second=&third=&foo=../ssi/ssfooter.ssi Media Freedom] book. In the same year, he became the coordinator of the [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/hrc-archive/ Hypermedia Research Centre] at Westminster's Media School and was the first course leader of its MA in Hypermedia Studies.

Working with Andy Cameron, he wrote [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/author/richandandy/ The Californian Ideology] which was a pioneering critique of the neo-liberal politics of "Wired" magazine. His other important writings about the Net include [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_12/barbrook The Hi-Tech Gift Economy] , [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/17/cyber-communism-how-the-americans-are-superseding-capitalism-in-cyberspace/ Cyber-communism] , [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/16/the-regulation-of-liberty-by-richard-barbrook/ The Regulation of Liberty] and [http://www.theclassofthenew.net The Class of the New] .

In 2007, Richard moved to the Social Sciences School of the University of Westminster and published his study of the political and ideological role of the prophecies of artificial intelligence and the information society: [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/ Imaginary Futures] .

The [http://www.media-ecology.org/ Media Ecology Association] selected [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/ Imaginary Futures] as the winner of the 2008 Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book of the Year in the Field of Media Ecology.

Richard is a trustee of [http://www.cybersalon.org Cybersalon] and a founding member of [http://www.classwargames.net Class Wargames] . He is currently carrying out research into the politics of ludic subversion.

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Texts by Richard Barbrook

* Check out the comprehensive [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/other-works/ list] of Richard's writings on the Imaginary Futures website.

* [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/15/hypermedia-freedom-by-richard-barbrook/ Hypermedia Freedom] .

* [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/11/frequently-asked-questions-digital-work-by-richard-barbrook/ FAQ Digital Work]

* [http://www.imaginaryfutures.net/2007/04/06/giving-is-receiving-by-richard-barbrook/ Giving is Receiving]