Network Celebrity: Entrepreneurship and the New Public Intellectuals
2015
Author(s)
Christine Larson
Journal
Public Culture
Publisher
Duke University Press
Citation
Turner, F., & Larson, C. (2015). Network Celebrity: Entrepreneurship and the New Public Intellectuals. Public Culture, 27(1), 53-84.
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This article identifies a mode of intellectual influence and popular celebrity that has emerged alongside American computer science and collaborative engineering: “network celebrity.” By tracking the tactics and impact of three key intellectual entrepreneurs — Norbert Wiener, Stewart Brand, and Tim O’Reilly — the article traces the rise of this mode of celebrity. It outlines both the new shape of network- driven intellectual fame and the dangers inherent in networked modes of power.