Culture and Technology

We are 'going virtual' in more and more areas of our lives - from shopping to education, filing systems to love affairs. How can we assess the relationship between technology and culture when culture is so imbued with technology? This clear, concise and readable text aims to offer the student a one-stop guide through this complex and slippery terrain. Introducing a wealth of theoretical perspectives in a lucid and engaging style and covering a range of topical, challenging and intriguing examples - from cyborgs to digital art - it will be an essential text for everyone wanting to make sense of crucial forces of change on contemporary culture.

ISBN 0333929292   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780333929292 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Weight (grammes) 302 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Basingstoke Format Paperback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 25 Nov 2002   Width (mm) 140 Library of Congress 2002074824   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 303.483   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Technical/vocational DEWEY edition DC21

		List of Figures
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction: 'Culture' and 'Technology'		1
1		Theoretical Frameworks		11
2		Art and Technology		39
3		Digital Aesthetics: Cultural Effects of New Media Technologies		66
4		Science Fictions		95
5		Cyborgs: the Body, Information and Technology		115
6		Technology, Thought and Consciousness		142
7		Getting Wired: War, Commerce and the Nation-State		169
8		Living with the Virtual		196
		Bibliography		210
		Index		219

'Culture and Technology should be very much at home on the required reading lists of courses in philosophy, cultural studies, media studies, sociology, new media and political economy. Potts' and Murphie's prose is clear and user-friendly, as all good code should be. As such, it should also provide the general reader with an accessible and intelligent introduction to these fields as they relate to culture and technology.' - Lisa Gye, Real Time Arts 'Culture and Technology appeals to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. A sophisticated text.' - Darren Tofts, The Electronic Book Review '...I know of no other book that covers this massively important field (more of a country than a field) so thoroughly and clearly.' - Maurice B. Line, Journal of Documentation 'A wonderful text including philosophical, theoretical and practical approaches to the general concerns of the symbiotic relationship of culture and technology.' - Tim Detwiler, Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies

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