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OverviewThis book offers a new perspective on digital culture by examining its development, and reveals that, despite appearances, it is neither radically new, nor ultimately technologically driven. The author traces its roots to the late 18th century, and shows how it sprang from a number of impulses, including the information needs of industrial capitalism and avant-garde artistic practice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charlie GerePublisher: Reaktion Books Imprint: Reaktion Books Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781861893888ISBN 10: 1861893884 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 September 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for the First Edition: 'There are lots of illustrations of early technological advances, which always look endearingly quaint. But the outstanding characteristic, in a field where pretentious obfuscation often seems obligatory, is that Gere can not only string a sentence together, but also uses those sentences to produce cogent and interesting arguments. He concludes that our digital culture has been built from elements including: Cold War defence technologies; avant-garde art practice; counter-cultural techno-utopianism; Post-Modernist critical theory; new wave subcultural style ... Architect's Journal This is an excellent book. It gives an almost complete overview of the main trends and views of what is generally called digital culture through the whole post-war period as well as a thorough exposition of the history of the computer and its predecessors and the origins of the modern division of labour. Journal of Visual Culture Author InformationCharlie Gere is Reader in New Media Research and the director of the Institute for Cultural Research at Lancaster University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |