Appletopia
Subtitle: media technology and the religious imagination of Steve Jobs
By: Brett T. Robinson
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781602588219
Subjects: Inc Apple Computer; Social aspects; Influence; Social change; Mass media; Technological innovations
Description: Long before others understood the potential of the personal computer, Jobs saw its true power. But it was his visionary use of media to explain technology to a hungry culture that revealed his singular genius. Robinson reconstructs Jobs' imagination for digital innovation in transcendent terms. From Zen Buddhism and Catholicism to dystopian and futurist thought, religion defined and branded Jobs' design methodology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-142) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: media technology and cultural change; title: Macintosh myths; title: Allegories for the information age; title: iPod devotion; title: Acoustic ecstasy and altered states; title: iPhone worship; title: "Touching is believing"; title: Technology and religion; title: Where the physical and metaphysical meet; title: Conclusion: the paradox of technological belief; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.