Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2135346506> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 73 of
73
with 100 items per page.
- W2135346506 endingPage "1" @default.
- W2135346506 startingPage "1" @default.
- W2135346506 abstract "The article uses two adverts for Microsoft Office products as a springboard from which to discuss claims about the democratic potential of IT (information technology). Adverts for technological products frequently use glamorous icons as metaphors for the exploratory mode of hypermedia technologies (including the World Wide Web). These metaphors find subtle expression in the textual conflation of virtual and physical 'realms' exemplified by the Microsoft slogan 'Where do you want to go today?'. It is a small step from suggesting that you can go anywhere you want to go, to the assertion that you can be anyone you want to be. This assertion underlies the textual construction of democracy that is singled out in the first advert: a democracy that is forged from individual versatility rather than cultural diversity. Roles and functions become blurred as specialized worker is transformed into jack-of-all trades through the use of technology. This vision of democracy is contrasted with two related pictures of contemporary technologies: the Internet as a world-wide cooperative community and hypermedia texts as the poststructural antithesis of the modern univocal text. Claims of this nature, and their critiques, are positioned within discourse about the impact of technology, both personally and culturally. Personally, job satisfaction and versatility are indicators of success in the texts examined. Culturally, constructions of 'cooperative community' and 'self-sufficiency' are examined with reference to the myth about the computer as an isolationist tool, revealing a theoretical ambivalence towards the impact of technology that underscores recent intense media and academic attention." @default.
- W2135346506 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W2135346506 creator A5000643335 @default.
- W2135346506 date "1996-12-23" @default.
- W2135346506 modified "2023-09-28" @default.
- W2135346506 title "Is Democracy at the Heart of IT? Commercial Perceptions of Technology" @default.
- W2135346506 hasPublicationYear "1996" @default.
- W2135346506 type Work @default.
- W2135346506 sameAs 2135346506 @default.
- W2135346506 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W2135346506 crossrefType "posted-content" @default.
- W2135346506 hasAuthorship W2135346506A5000643335 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C107038049 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C124952713 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C142362112 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C199360897 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C2777365542 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C2780619561 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C29595303 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C39549134 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C40422974 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C41008148 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C555826173 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C107038049 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C124952713 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C142362112 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C144024400 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C17744445 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C199360897 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C199539241 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C2777365542 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C2780619561 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C29595303 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C39549134 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C40422974 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C41008148 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C555826173 @default.
- W2135346506 hasConceptScore W2135346506C94625758 @default.
- W2135346506 hasIssue "4" @default.
- W2135346506 hasLocation W21353465061 @default.
- W2135346506 hasOpenAccess W2135346506 @default.
- W2135346506 hasPrimaryLocation W21353465061 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W147839689 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W1570780885 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W1587561831 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2058108466 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2071680376 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2081960336 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2129868444 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2341082369 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2468699753 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2497265449 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2527852754 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2794500669 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W3022055803 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W3142202889 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W562465883 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W643273869 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W747400448 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W207552507 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W2761317899 @default.
- W2135346506 hasRelatedWork W611962950 @default.
- W2135346506 hasVolume "1" @default.
- W2135346506 isParatext "false" @default.
- W2135346506 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W2135346506 magId "2135346506" @default.
- W2135346506 workType "article" @default.