Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate

Steven A Johnson

ISBN 10: 0465036805 / ISBN 13: 9780465036806

Published by Basic Books, 1999

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In this hip, erudite manifesto, Steven Johnson bridges the gap that yawns between technology and the arts. . Drawing on his own expertise in the humanities and on the Web, Steven Johnson not only demonstrates how interfaces - those buttons, graphics, and words on the computer screen through which we control information - influence our daily lives, but also tracks their roots back to Victorian novels, early cinema, and even medieval urban planning. The result is a lush cultural and historical tableau in which todays interfaces take their rightful place in the lineage of artistic innovation. With a distinctively accessible style, Interface Culture brings new intellectual depth to the vital discussion of how technology has transformed society, and is sure to provoke wide debate in both literary and technological circles.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465036805
• ISBN 13: 9780465036806
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Drawing on his own expertise in the humanities and on the Web, Steven Johnson not only demonstrates how interfaces - those buttons, graphics, and words on the computer screen through which we control information - influence our daily lives, but also tracks their roots back to Victorian novels, early cinema, and even medieval urban planning. The result is a lush cultural and historical tableau in which today's interfaces take their rightful place in the lineage of artistic innovation. With a distinctively accessible style, Interface Culture brings new intellectual depth to the vital discussion of how technology has transformed society, and is sure to provoke wide debate in both literary and technological circles.

About the Author

Steven Johnson has been named one of the most influential people on Cyberspace by Newsweek, New York magazine, and Websight magazine. He is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Feed , the award-winning on-line cultural magazine. He lives in New York City.