scholarly journals Leading a Child to a Computer Culture

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Computer Culture

Between Divinity and Dullness: The Advent of Personal Computers in Italian Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-42
Author(s):  
Eleonora Lima
Keyword(s):  
Personal Computer ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Italian Literature ◽  
Mass Diffusion ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Personal Computers ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Computer Culture

This article examines the cultural impact of personal computers in Italian literature in the first decade of their mass diffusion (from the mid-1980s to the second half of the 1990s) through the analysis of four texts written by some of the most respected writers of the time: Primo Levi’s article “Personal Golem” (1985), Umberto Eco’s novel Il pendolo di Foucault (1988), Francesco Leonetti’s novel Piedi in cerca di cibo (1995), and Daniele Del Giudice’s story “Evil Live” (1997). More than simply addressing the advent of personal computers, what these texts have in common is the use of religious images and metaphors in order to make sense of the new technology. This study aims at showing how this frame of reference served the four writers in expressing the contradictions inherent to the machine. Bulky and tangible because of its hardware, but animated by an elusive and mysterious software, the personal computer was perceived at the same time as a dull office appliance and a threatening virtual entity. Finally, by showing how timely and well-informed these literary works on the impact of PCs are, this article wants to make the case for considering the role of literature in shaping computer culture.

Research on the Development and Influence of the Cyberculture

2014 ◽  
Vol 1030-1032 ◽  
pp. 2753-2756
Author(s):  
Li Juan Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Wearable Computing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Identity Privacy ◽  
Social Gaming ◽  
Computer Culture

Cyberculture or computer culture is the culture that has emerged, or is emerging, from the use of computer networks for communication, entertainment, and business. It is also the study of various social phenomena associated with the Internet and other new forms of the network communication, such as online communities, online multi-player gaming, wearable computing, social gaming, social media, mobile apps, augmented reality, and texting, and includes issues related to identity, privacy, and network formation. With the era of cyberculture, ideological issues are prominent increasingly at all levels of society in cyberculture.

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