Book Reviews

Wired for War. The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century, P.W. Singer, 2009, The Penguin Press, USA, 512 pages, US $29.95, (Hardback), ISBN 9781594201981

Reviewed by John Waschl, a physics graduate from Melbourne University with postgraduate qualifications in Audiology and Computer Simulation. After a brief period in private industry he joined DSTO in 1982. Since then he has worked mostly in the field of warheads and warhead effects. During his career he has been posted to Harry Diamond Laboratories (USA), British Aerospace Australia, and Office of Naval Research (USA). His research interests have expanded to include improvised explosives devices and robotics. He currently leads the Weapon Automation and Technology Group at DSTO.

Contact: john.waschl@dsto.defence.gov.au

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Structures of Participation in Digital Culture, Joe Karaganis (ed.), 2007, Social Science Research Council & Columbia University Press, Columbia, 284 pages, free to download or AUS $35.99, (Paperback), ISBN 978-0-9790772-2-7

Reviewed by Brady Robards, a PhD candidate in the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research and a Sessional Lecturer in Cultural Sociology within Griffith University School of Humanities. Brady's research explores how young people use online social spaces (specifically social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook) to construct a reflexive sense of identity and how that sense of self is positioned within, across or in-between systems of belonging. For links to publications and more information on Brady's research, visit his profile on http://griffith.academia.edu/BradyRobards

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