Memory Trade: A Prehistory of Cyberculture - Brossura

Tofs, Darren; McKeich, Murray

Brossura

ISBN 10: 9057041812 ISBN 13: 9789057041815

Casa editrice: Craftsman House, 1998

Riassunto

The Notion of "culture" is changing at the speed of information itself. Computer technology is creating a new kind of public cyberculture with all its utopian and apocalyptic possibilities. But is it that new?
Popular debate generally ignores cyberculture's historical context. The official history begins in the 19th century and tracks the evolution of telecommunications, the egalitarian dream of the global village, and the emergence of the military-industrial complex. However this omits the deeper prehistory of technological transformations of culture that are everywhere felt but nowhere seen in the telematic landscape of the late-twentieth century. Cyberculture is an extension, rather than innovation, of human engagement with communication and information technologies.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Darren Tofts is Senior Lecturer in Literature at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Craftsman House
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 9057041812
• ISBN 13: 9789057041815
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 132