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Hacking Cyberspace
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by Davi J. Gunkel
Sales Rank: 1019475
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List Price: $36.00
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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Westview Press February 15, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813336694
ISBN-13: 978-0813336695
Product Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
Product Description
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.
About The Author
David J. Gunkel is a multidisciplinary scholar, educator, and award-winning new media producer and multimedia designer. He specializes in the study of computer mediated communication, interactive media, and cyberspace. He is assistant professor of communication technology at Northern Illinois University.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Don't judge a book by its cover or even a cursory reading of its title. This book is only tangentially about computer hacking and hackers. Instead of examining the practices of hacking, this book itself functions as hacking. That is, it is a clever and resourceful investigation of computer technology that breaks into and re-purposes the texts and systems that comprise this thing we call "cyberspace." So instead of being a book about hacking, this book learns and uses the lessons of hacking to analyze and mess with information technology. Bottom line: If you are looking for a handbook about hacking or hoping to protect your network from a hack attack, this is not the book for you. But if you are looking for an insightful and eye-opening foray into the social, political, and philosophical aspects of computer technology, then this book is definitely something you will want on your bookshelf.
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Hacking Cyberspace
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