Technological visions : the hopes and fears that shape new technologies / edited by Marita Sturken, Douglas Thomas, and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach.
| Other author | Sturken, Marita, 1957- |
| Other author | Thomas, Douglas, 1966- |
| Other author | Ball-Rokeach, Sandra, 1941- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2004. |
| Description | viii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : technological visions and the rhetoric of the new / Marita Sturken and Douglas Thomas -- "Spinning" technology : what we are not thinking about when we are thinking about computers / Sherry Turkle -- Sow's ears from silk purses : the strange alchemy of technological visionaries / Langdon Winner -- Mediums and media / Jeffrey Sconce -- Mobilities of time and space : technologies of the modern and the postmodern / Marita Sturken -- Man-made futures, man-made pasts / Asa Briggs -- Portable TV : studies in domestic space travels / Lynn Spigel -- Science fiction film and the technological imagination / Vivian Sobchack -- Technological prediction : a Promethean problem / David E. Nye -- The future of prediction / John Perry Barlow -- Penguins, predictions, and technological optimism : a skeptic's view / Wendy M. Grossman -- Information superhighways, virtual communities, and digital libraries : information society metaphors as political rhetoric / Peter Lyman -- Rethinking the cyberbody : hackers, viruses, and cultural anxiety / Douglas Thomas -- Peaceable kingdoms and new information technologies : prospects for the nation-state / Carolyn Marvin -- Somewhere there's a place for us : sexual minorities and the Internet / Larry Gross -- Surfin' the Net : children, parental obsolescence, and citizenship / Sarah Banet-Wieser -- When the virtual isn't enough / Katie Hafner -- Place matters : journeys through global and local spaces / Richard Chabrán and Romelia Salinas -- The globalization of everyday life : visions and reality / Jennifer L. Gibbs ... [et al.]. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003063392 |
| ISBN | 159213226X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1592132278 (pbk. : alk paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | T14.5 .T4396 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |