COMM 1100U Lecture 6: COMM 1100 lecture 6 Thurs oct 19
6 Dec 2017
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Vincent mosco and the myths of the internet age. Myths are ideological tools: a naturalizing function. The coming together of several discrete technologies to make a hybrid technology (hirst et al, p. 156) It is a common feature of human society that as it becomes more stable, well-off, and complex, its inventiveness will also increase (hirst et al, p. 157) The pattern of holes could be used to represent an abstract idea such as a problem statement or the raw data required for that problem"s solution (kopplin, in hirst et al, p. 163) Challenged the role of technology in the workplace, from an ethical perspective. Long history of the use of scientists and mathematicians in wartime. Use of military funding in nonwartime research. Use of pop culture to promote military objectives. In this view, both the size and speed of technological change is [sic] associated with innovation as the best indicator of progress.
