For as long as people have developed new technologies, there has been debate over the purposes, shape, and potential for their use. In this exciting collection, a range of contributors, including Sherry Turkle, Lynn Spigel, John Perry Barlow, Langdon Winner, David Nye, and Lord Asa Briggs, discuss the visions that have shaped "new" technologies and the cultural implications of technological adaptation. Focusing on issues such as the nature of prediction, community, citizenship, consumption, and the nation, as well as the metaphors that have shaped public debates about technology, the authors examine innovations past and present, from the telegraph and the portable television to the Internet, to better understand how our visions and imagination have shaped the meaning and use of technology. Author note: Marita Sturken is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and the author of "Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering" and "Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture" (with Lisa Cartwright). Douglas Thomas is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is author of three books, most recently "Hacker Culture". Sandra Ball-Rokeach is a Professor and Director of the Communication Technology and Community Program in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. She is author of several books, including "Theories of Mass Communication" (with M.L. De Fleur).

Our hopes and dreams for new technologies

About the Author
Marita Sturken is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and the author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering and Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (with Lisa Cartwright).Douglas Thomas is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is author of three books, most recently Hacker Culture.Sandra Ball-Rokeach is a Professor and Director of the Communication Technology and Community Program in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. She is author of several books, including Theories of Mass Communication (with M. L. De Fleur).Contributors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, John Perry Barlow, Asa Briggs, Richard Chabran, Jennifer L. Gibbs, Larry Gross, Wendy M. Grossman, Katie Hafner, Joo-Young Jung, Yong-Chan Kim, Peter Lyman, Carolyn Marvin, David E. Nye, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Romelia Salinas, Jeffrey Sconce, Vivian Sobchack, Lynn Spigel, Sherry Turkle, Langdon Winner, and the editors.

Reviews
"Telescreens. Virtual communities. Wired cities. Information societies. The World Wide Web. Concepts like these can underpin a movement for or against a technical feasibility. This book is for anyone interested in the social shaping of the history and future of information and communication technologies and their societal implications."-Professor William H. Dutton, Director Oxford Internet Institute "Sturken, Thomas, and Ball-Rokeach collect a variety of studies on cultural narratives of technological change that investigate ways of understanding the nature and effects of new technology. All of the articles are excellent-interesting, original, and well-written and researched."-Douglas Kellner, George F. Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education, University of California, Los Angeles "[A] collection of...thoughtful papers."-Communications Booknotes Quarterly "The book as a whole should provoke lively discussions in courses that address the relationship of technology, society, and culture."-Technology and Culture



Book Information
ISBN 9781592132270
Author Marita Sturken
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Temple University Press,U.S.
Publisher Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 23mm