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