内容简介
Tunein,turnonandgetsmarter."TheSimpsons","DesperateHousewives","TheApprentice","TheSopranos","GrandTheftAuto":We'reconstantlybeingtoldthatpopularcultureisjustmindlessentertainment.But,asStevenJohnsonshows,it'sactuallymakingusmoreintelligent.HereheputsforwardaradicalalternativetotheendlesscomplaintsaboutrealityTV,throwawaymoviesandviolentvideogames.Heshowsthatmasscultureisactuallymoresophisticatedandchallengingthaneverbefore.Whenwefocusonwhatourmindshavetodotoprocessitscomplex,multilayeredmessages,itbecomesclearthatit'snotdumbingusdownbutsmarteningusup.
作者简介
StevenJohnsonistheauthoroftheUSbestsellerMindWideOpen.Hispreviousbook,Emergence:TheConnectedLivesOfAnts,Brains,Cities,andSoftware,wasnamedasoneofthebestbooksof2001byEsquire,TheVillageVoice,Amazon.com,andDiscoverMagazine.ItwasnamedasafinalistfortheHelenBernsteinAwardforExcellenceinJournalism.Heisalsotheauthorofthe1997book,InterfaceCulture.Johnson'swritinghasappearedinTheNewYorker,TheNation,Harper's,andtheGuardian,aswellasontheop-edpagesofTheNewYorkTimesandTheWallStreetJournal.Hewritesthemonthly'EmergingTechnology'columnforDiscovermagazine,andisaContributingEditortoWired.Theco-founderoftheaward-winningwebsitesFEEDandPlastic.com,JohnsonteachesatNewYorkUniversity'sInteractiveTelecommunicationsProgram,andhasdegreesinSemioticsandEnglishLiteraturefromBrownandColumbiaUniversities.StevenJohnsonalsohostsaweblogatwww.stevenberlinjohnson.com.