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xii Acknowledgments

the most significant mechanical and conceptual ancestors of contem-
porary computers. Indeed, in 1843, Lady Lovelace raised a question
broadly thematic of our conference: “Who can foresee the conse-
quences of such an invention?”
CATaC also received significant financial support from the
Technology Assessment Program of the Swiss Council of Science,
along with important publicity from a variety of scholarly journals
and societies:

Communication and Technology Division, International
Communication Association

The Communication Technology Policy Section, International
Association for Media and Communication Research
Javnost-The Public, Journal of the European Institute for
Communication and Culture (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
The Korean Society, publisher of The U.S.-Korea Review
Office of Humanities Communication
Philosophy East and West: a Quarterly of Comparative Phi-
losophy, affiliated with the Society for Asian and Compara-
tive Philosophy
University of Sydney, Australia

Drury University, Missouri, USA

Particular thanks go to Simon Joss and Debbie Cahalane for
setting the scene at the Science Museum, to Suzanne Tagg who em-
bellished the scene and was an invaluable liaison between the ab-
sentee co-chairs and the local players, and to Sara Gwynn for her
assistance during the conference. All these people contributed to cre-
ating an illusion of an effortless and seamless conference.
We would further like to recognize the Editorial Board members
for shaping the conference and for their contribution and construc-
tive reviewing of submitted papers:

Warren Chernaik, Centre for English Studies, UK
Ian Connell, Wolverhampton University, UK
Colin Finney, Imperial College, UK

Jean-Claude Guedon, University of Montreal, Canada