Hacking Cyberspace
In Hacking Cyberspace David J. Gunkel examines the metaphors applied to new technologies, and how those metaphors inform, shape, and drive the implementation of the technology in question. The author explores the metaphorical tropes that have been employed to describe and evaluate recent advances in computer technology, telecommunications systems, and interactive media. Taking the stance that no speech is value-neutral, Gunkel examines such metaphors as "the information superhighway" and "the...
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"In Hacking Cyberspace David J. Gunkel examines the metaphors applied to new technologies, and how those metaphors inform, shape, and drive the implementation of the technology in question. The author" Booknews Gunkel (communication technology, Northern Illinois U.) examines the metaphorical tropes employed to describe and evaluate recent advances in computer technology, telecommunications systems, and interactive media, investigating their political and social content and their consequences for technological development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Acknowledgments Prolegomena--Hacking Cyberspace 1. Terra Nova: The New Worlds of Cyberspace 2. Ars Metaphorica: The Computer as a Device of Communication 3. Veritatum Imitari: Virtual Reality and the Deconstruction of the Image 4. Lingua Ex Machina: Computer-Mediated Communication and the Tower of Babel 5. Corpus Amittere: Cyberspace and the Body 6. Ecce Cyborg: The Subject of Communication Appendix: Deconstruction for Dummies
\ BooknewsGunkel (communication technology, Northern Illinois U.) examines the metaphorical tropes employed to describe and evaluate recent advances in computer technology, telecommunications systems, and interactive media, investigating their political and social content and their consequences for technological development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
