Technological Visions
The hopes and fears that shape new technologies

Edited by Marita Sturken, Douglas Thomas, Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach

Temple University Press – Philadelphia
ISBN 1-59213-227-8

Modern
– Postmodern

National/ international
– Global
Hierarchical social structure
– Network society
Mechanical
– Electronic
Industrial
– Post industrial
Urban city
– Suburban, megapolis
Geographical space replaces by social space
– Nonplace
Cartesian space
– Virtual space
Standing in a crowd
– Social isolation
Surrounded by strangers
– Mobile privatization
Circulation of traffic in the city
– Internet traffic
City strolling, the flaneur
– Web surfing
Time as measurable
– Time as global
Time as linear
– Time switching
Analog clock, watch
– Digital clock, watch
Railroad
– Rapid speed trains
Telegraph
– Internet
Subway
– Freeway
Airplane
– Space shuttle
Automobile as transportation
– Automobile as style
Radio
– Walkman
Photograph
– Digital image
Typewriter keyboard
– Computer mouse
Television
– Multimedia, DVD
Cinema
– Virtual reality
Telephone
– Cell phone
Space travel
– Fiber optics travel inside body
The body circulation system
– The body as a genetic map
Tuberculosis and antibiotics
– AIDS and retroviruses
Representation
– Simulacrum
Autonomous subject
– Multiple fragmented subjectivity
War of guns, bombs, machines
– Virtual cyber war
Wars as conflicts between nations
– Terrorism