SOC 3116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Augmented Reality, Determinism, Technological Determinism
20 Jun 2015
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Final exam date: sunday, june 21st, 9-12 at mrt202-203. 07-05-2015: a critical approach to technology + society: develop a better appreciation of how much we rely upon icts (information and. Communication technologies: implicate our actions today in the icts of the future. We"re all users of technology in one way or another, we"ve all benefitted for it and been frustrated by it. Social reality refers to how we perceive the world around us. Elightenment period turned us towards reason and science. In a modern era we place much of our faith in tools. Our social reality: our focus as individuals trying to achieve their own personal aims. Interaction as a core activity, at the root of the word social. Issue of what is a reality based on interaction is open ended. A social reality is a function of the era we live in, where we live, the context we grow up in + unlimited range of other factors.
