1. Chapter 10 Pop Culture and Online Expression Online Communication

2. In this chapter, you will learn: Definitions for popular culture and the artifacts of it; The development of the cyberpunk literary genre; The common themes of cyberpunk literature; and Films that have demonstrated these themes. Online Communication

3. popular culture: a system of artifacts that shape our common understanding of the world

4. books magazines movies advertisements comics etc. Online Communication artifacts: bits and pieces of human sense-making:

5. Literary depictions of technology American public life may be defined as a struggle between two objectives: The machine as a metaphor for industrialization The garden as a metaphor for work by human hands cyberpunk: 1980s literary movement whose primary theme is the blurring distinction between humans and machines

6. The Rise and Fall of Cyberpunk Mary Shelley & H.G. Wells Bruce Bethke’s “Cyberpunk” William Gibson’s “Gernsback Continuum” Bruce Sterling’s Mirrorshades Anthology Billy Idol & Johnny Mnemonic Online Communication

7. Themes in Cyberpunk Literature The Weakness of Human Flesh The Power of the Wired Corporation The Pace of Human Life Online Communication

8. futureshock: feelings of distress or disorientation resulting from excessive innovation and social change

9. Internet Era Movies 2001: A Space Odyssey Tron WarGames Blade Runner AI: Artificial Intelligence The Matrix Trilogy Online Communication

10. meta-communication: communication about communication

11. A Brief Review 1.What is popular culture? 2.What are some examples of artifacts? 3.Who influenced the development of cyberpunk? 4.What three themes emerge in cyberpunk literature? 5.What six films illustrate these themes in the Internet era? Online Communication