Background
Wise, John Macgregor was born on May 13, 1966 in Napa, California, United States.
(This volume offers a critical, philosophical and epistemo...)
This volume offers a critical, philosophical and epistemological framework to understand better our relations to technology and social space. John MacGregor Wise: focuses on the burgeoning technological assemblage of communication and information characterized by the Internet and cyberspace; draws on the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari and the actor-network sociology of Latour; and brings together diverse examples from cyborg films, television, museums, cyberspace and debates over a new world information and communication order. In the last chapter, the possibilities and limitations of human agency within the new wired world are described.
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From genetically modified food to weapons of mass destruction, we live in an age of intense debate about technology’s place in our culture. While the technologies have changed, these debates go back hundreds of years, and their assumptions have become deeply entrenched in our culture. Culture and Technology is an essential guide to the fascinating history of these debates, and offers new perspectives that give readers the tools they need to make informed decisions about the role of technology in our lives. In clear and compelling language, Slack and Wise untangle and expose the cultural assumptions that underlie our thinking about technology, stories so deeply held we often don’t recognize their influence. The book considers the perceived inevitability of technological advance and our myths about progress. It also looks at sources of resistance to these stories from the Luddites of the 19th century to the Unabomber in our own time. Slack and Wise help readers sift through the confusions about culture and technology that arise in their own everyday lives. This book is a must read for anyone who cares about the place of technology in our lives. It is a primer for beginners, and an invaluable resource for those who have pondered these issues before.
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Wise, John Macgregor was born on May 13, 1966 in Napa, California, United States.
Bachelor in Communications and English, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1988. Master of Arts in Speech Communications, University Illinois, Urbana, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Communications, University Illinois, Urbana, 1995.
Assistant professor Clemson University, South Carolina, 1995—1999, Arizona State University, Phoenix, 1999—2003, associate professor, since 2003, chair, 2003—2006.
(This volume offers a critical, philosophical and epistemo...)
(From genetically modified food to weapons of mass destruc...)
Member of National Communications association, International Communications Association.