CMC Magazine / February 1, 1996
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Information Technology Systems as Publicsby John Monberg The rhetoric of the information society technologies holds that global production networks, media outlets, and government databanks are central to the creation of a new era. These technologies vanquish barriers of space and time, obliterate cultural boundaries, and generate new forms of social life. My claim is that this view is not accurate; in fact, I claim that communication technology actually diminishes communication. I support this claim by examining the publics that are constituted/mediated by information technology. Framing questions in terms of these key tensions defining "public", I expand the territory open to communicative/rhetorical analysis, raising implications that would otherwise be silenced. John Monberg (monbej@rpi.edu) is a PhD student in the Science and Technology Studies department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Copyright © 1996 by John Monberg. All Rights Reserved. | ||||||
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