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.
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