Cyborg
Cyborg
The term cyborg, derived from “cybernetic organism,” refers to a diverse range of fictional and actual creatures, hybrids of biological bodies and technological augmentations. In science-fiction film and literature cyborgs are most commonly depicted as technologically enhanced humans, but actual everyday examples would include the heart patient with a pacemaker. The term and its instantiations in popular culture, in pieces such as Robocop and The Terminator, have been influential in communication and cultural studies approaches to technology, culture, and the body, particularly through the work of Donna Haraway, the feminist theorist of science and culture.
Giddings, Seth
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Giddings, Seth
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Giddings, Seth
(2016)
Cyborg.
In,
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn, Craig, Robert T., Pooley, Jefferson D. and Rothenbuhler, Eric W.
(eds.)
The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy.
John Wiley & Sons Inc..
(doi:10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect190).
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The term cyborg, derived from “cybernetic organism,” refers to a diverse range of fictional and actual creatures, hybrids of biological bodies and technological augmentations. In science-fiction film and literature cyborgs are most commonly depicted as technologically enhanced humans, but actual everyday examples would include the heart patient with a pacemaker. The term and its instantiations in popular culture, in pieces such as Robocop and The Terminator, have been influential in communication and cultural studies approaches to technology, culture, and the body, particularly through the work of Donna Haraway, the feminist theorist of science and culture.
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Eric W. Rothenbuhler
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