Hacking Cyberspace (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813336695)

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 electronic frontier" for their political and social content, and he develops a critical investigation that not only traces the metaphors' conceptual history, but explicates their implications and consequences for technological development. Through Hacking Cyberspace, David J. Gunkel develops a sophisticated understanding of new technology that takes into account the effect of technoculture's own discursive techniques and maneuvers on the actual form of technological development.

Author: David J. Gunkel
ISBN-10: 0813336694
ISBN-13: 9780813336695
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2001
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2001 pg. 35