Metaphors, Visual Blends and the Ideology of Information Technology

In this article I argue from linguistic and visual evidence that the information highway metaphor is having tremendous ideological effects in shaping U.S. politics over technology. I apply Lakoff and Johnson’s theory of conceptual metaphor to the linguistic and visual evidence, but then argue that F...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tim Rohrer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Aarhus University 2000-02-01
Series:Hermes
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/her/article/view/25572