Faculty Publications
Publication Date
2011
Disciplines
Journalism Studies
Abstract
Make magazine is a quarterly publication focused on do-it-yourself projects involving technology and innovation. The magazine also sponsors a biannual event, the Maker Faire, that brings “makers” together to share their knowledge. As a strategy for building audience loyalty and identification with the magazine, the Make products are skillfully crafted. However, they also invoke ideals such as environmentalism and nationalism in a potent mix that not only engages readers, but also represents an additional cultural demonstration of the phenomenon of technological utopianism.
Document Type
Accepted Version
Rights
©2011 SAGE Publications.
Original Citation
Susan Currie Sivek
“We Need a Showing of All Hands”: Technological Utopianism in MAKE Magazine.
Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2011, volume 35, issue 3, pages 187-209
doi:10.1177/0196859911410317
DigitalCommons@Linfield Citation
Sivek, Susan Currie, "“We Need a Showing of All Hands”: Technological Utopianism in MAKE Magazine" (2011). Faculty Publications. Accepted Version. Submission 5.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/mscmfac_pubs/5
Comments
This article is the author-created version that incorporates referee comments. It is the accepted-for-publication version. The content of this version may be identical to the published version (the version of record) save for value-added elements provided by the publisher (e.g., copy editing, layout changes, or branding consistent with the rest of the publication).