The second tool I explored was Wordle ( ). Interestingly enough, after the threat of Y2k passed, there was a sharp decline in the use of “cyberspace” shortly after. until the Y2K scare – it created a frenzy that seems to coincide with increased usage of “cyberspace”. My speculation for this is the internet and what it entailed did not become widely-discussed in the U.S. It wasn’t until the late 1990’s that there was a sharp upward trend in its’ use, peaking in the year 2000. I had initially expected the word to be used more consistently during the 80’s, due to the popularity of Neuromancer and his subsequent cyberpunk novels, but the use of the term actually declined after 1984 until the 1990’s. I chose the word “cyberspace”, because I wanted to see how Gibson’s use of the term may have influenced its’ use in literature. Here are my results for the tools I explored for class discussion last wednesday:įor my first tool, I used Google Ngram, as pictured above.
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