Technological Visions - The Hopes and Fears That Shape New Technologies

Klappentext 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! this book examines innovations from the telegraph and the portable television to the Internet! to understand how our visions have shaped the use of technology. Zusammenfassung 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! this book examines innovations from the telegraph and the portable television to the Internet! to understand how our visions have shaped the use of technology.

Product details

• Authors: Marita (EDT)/ Thomas Sturken
• Assisted by: Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach (Editor), Marita Sturken (Editor), Douglas Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9781592132263
• ISBN: 978-1-59213-226-3
• No. of pages: 371
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories