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| In: | Canadian Journal of Communication, 42, 2017, 3, p. 407-430 |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 407-430 |
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| ISSN: |
0705-3657
1499-6642 |
| DOI: | 10.22230/cjc.2017v42n3a3205 |
| published in: | Canadian Journal of Communication |
| Language: | English |
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| Collection: | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>Background Despite cybernetics’ short, incandescent life as a scientific knowledge, it has had an enduring cultural legacy.</jats:p><jats:p>Analysis This article reads Norbert Wiener, the “father of cybernetics,” as a visible scientist, through an analysis of his media profile, in order to explore cybernetics as a popular culture phenomenon in the United States in the late 1940s and the 1950s.</jats:p><jats:p>Conclusion and implications Cybernetics emerges in the post-WWII era as a charismatic knowledge whose aura of wonder and future possibility shapes our interpretation of computing technology to this day.</jats:p> |