Electric Dreams Computers in American Culture by Ted Friedman (2005, Paperback)

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ISBN
9780814727409
EAN
9780814727409
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-10
0814727409
ISBN-13
9780814727409
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46972115

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
275 Pages
Publication Name
Electric Dreams : Computers in American Culture
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Subject
General, Popular Culture
Type
Textbook
Author
Ted Friedman
Subject Area
Computers, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.9 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-017512
Reviews
"This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the "utopian sphere" a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbage's Difference Engine to web logs" -Kenneth Lipartito,Florida International University, "This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the "utopian sphere" -- a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbage's Difference Engine to web logs" -Kenneth Lipartito,Florida International University, This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the utopian sphere -- a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbages Difference Engine to web logs, Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field., " Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field." - Science Fiction Reader ,, "This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the "utopian sphere" - a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbage's Difference Engine to web logs" -Kenneth Lipartito,Florida International University, " Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field." - Science Fiction Reader, ( "This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the "utopian sphere" - a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbage's Difference Engine to web logs" )-(Kenneth Lipartito),(Florida International University ), Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field., ( "This book is for anyone who owns or uses a computer. . . . Computers permeate our culture, but we have little idea of where they came from and why we use them the way we do. Electric Dreams offers a mirror to our own hopes, desires, and fears, and empowers us as a community to use technology for our own benefit." )-( M/C Reviews ),(), Electric Dreams is at once a synthetic history of the personal computer, a history of representations of the computer, and a treatise on how to think about computing as a cultural phenomenon. Friedman's original analyses and clear style make the book a pleasure to read., ( " Electric Dreams is at once a synthetic history of the personal computer, a history of representations of the computer, and a treatise on how to think about computing as a cultural phenomenon. Friedman's original analyses and clear style make the book a pleasure to read." )-(Jonathan Sterne),(author of The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction ), "This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the "utopian sphere" - a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbage's Difference Engine to web logs", "This book is for anyone who owns or uses a computer. . . . Computers permeate our culture, but we have little idea of where they came from and why we use them the way we do. Electric Dreams offers a mirror to our own hopes, desires, and fears, and empowers us as a community to use technology for our own benefit." - M/C Reviews ,, Electric Dreams is at once a synthetic history of the personal computer, a history of representations of the computer, and a treatise on how to think about computing as a cultural phenomenon. Friedmans original analyses and clear style make the book a pleasure to read., " Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field."-- Science Fiction Reader "This book is for anyone who owns or uses a computer. . . . Computers permeate our culture, but we have little idea of where they came from and why we use them the way we do. Electric Dreams offers a mirror to our own hopes, desires, and fears, and empowers us as a community to use technology for our own benefit."-- M/C Reviews "[T]he general reader will thank Mr. Friedman."-- Studies in American Culture " Electric Dreams is at once a synthetic history of the personal computer, a history of representations of the computer, and a treatise on how to think about computing as a cultural phenomenon. Friedman's original analyses and clear style make the book a pleasure to read."--Jonathan Sterne, author of The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction "This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the "utopian sphere" - a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbage's Difference Engine to web logs"--Kenneth Lipartito, Florida International University., ( " Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field." )-( Science Fiction Reader ),(), "This book is for anyone who owns or uses a computer. . . . Computers permeate our culture, but we have little idea of where they came from and why we use them the way we do. Electric Dreams offers a mirror to our own hopes, desires, and fears, and empowers us as a community to use technology for our own benefit." - M/C Reviews, This book is for anyone who owns or uses a computer. . . . Computers permeate our culture, but we have little idea of where they came from and why we use them the way we do. Electric Dreams offers a mirror to our own hopes, desires, and fears, and empowers us as a community to use technology for our own benefit., This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the utopian sphere a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbages Difference Engine to web logs, " Electric Dreams is at once a synthetic history of the personal computer, a history of representations of the computer, and a treatise on how to think about computing as a cultural phenomenon. Friedman's original analyses and clear style make the book a pleasure to read." -Jonathan Sterne,author of The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
303.48/33
Table Of Content
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Dialectic of Technological Determinism Part I Mainframe Culture1 Charles Babbage and the Politics of Computer Memory 2 Ideologies of Information Processing: From Analog to Digital3 Filming the "Electronic Brain" Part II The Personal Computer4 The Many Creators of the Personal Computer 5 Apple's 1984 6 The Rise of the Simulation Game Part III The Interpersonal Computer7 Imagining Cyberspace 8 Dot-com Politics 9 Beyond Napster 10 Linux and Utopia Conclusion: Cybertopia Today Notes BibliographyIndex About the Author
Synopsis
Electric Dreams is a very solid cultural studies offering, smoothly written and largely steering clear of heavy-duty theory, making it an almost ideal candidate for undergraduate courses and as an introduction for newcomers to the field. --"Science Fiction Reader" ""Electric Dreams" is at once a synthetic history of the personal computer, a history of representations of the computer, and a treatise on how to think about computing as a cultural phenomenon. Friedman's original analyses and clear style make the book a pleasure to read." --Jonathan Sterne, author of "The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction"This engaging but ultimately unsatisfying book examines the utopian sphere - a public forum in which alternative futures can be imagined and debated - that arose in response to computing innovations, ranging from Charles Babbages Difference Engine to web logs --Kenneth Lipartito, Florida International University.This book is for anyone who owns or uses a computer. . . . Computers permeate our culture, but we have little idea of where they came from and why we use them the way we do. Electric Dreams offers a mirror to our own hopes, desires, and fears, and empowers us as a community to use technology for our own benefit." --"M/C Reviews"[T]he general reader will thank Mr. Friedman. --"Studies in American Culture"Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's "difference engine" in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open sourcesoftware, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems.Electric Dreams argues that the debates over computers are critically important because they are how Americans talk about the future. In a society that in so many ways has given up on imagining anything better than multinational capitalism, cyberculture offers room to dream of different kinds of tomorrow., Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's "difference engine" in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems.Electric Dreams argues that the debates over computers are critically important because they are how Americans talk about the future. In a society that in so many ways has given up on imagining anything better than multinational capitalism, cyberculture offers room to dream of different kinds of tomorrow., Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's "difference engine" in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems. Electric Dreams argues that the debates over computers are critically important because they are how Americans talk about the future. In a society that in so many ways has given up on imagining anything better than multinational capitalism, cyberculture offers room to dream of different kinds of tomorrow., Turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. The author charts the struggles to define the meanings of these machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage's difference engine in the 19th century to struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism.
LC Classification Number
QA76.9.C66F745 2005

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