An outline of and discussion on the article. Computer technology is now as popular and accessible as the mass media. The roots of this mass acceptance lie in an 80's subculture, and other preceding subcultures. The Cyberpunk subculture of the 80s has characteristics of previous subcultures.
Subcultures are a product of the media technology of the age.
The cyberpunk movement includes the following facts and characteristics. Computer technology should be a domain of freedom for the people. Much technology would not exist had it not been for initial government funded military research. William Gibson 3. Cyberpunks and Hackers 5.