SOC317H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Media Culture, Dialectic, Microwave Popcorn
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Theorizing technology: integral accident and technological determinism. Invented in 1876 and invented in a time where things were invented to move things faster. Ability to transmit sou(cid:374)d alo(cid:374)g lo(cid:374)g dista(cid:374)(cid:272)es, a(cid:374)d thought it(cid:859)d (cid:271)e for a way for women to communicate with others but quickly discovered it could be used in business. Not attached to physical spaces; highly mobile: allowed people to move around while communicating, device attached to person rather than a place. Smart phones became a thing in 2007 with iphone: highly personal, extension of the self, multi-functional, major consumer purchase, emergence of prosumers. Prosumer combination of production & consumption ; ways that people do(cid:374)(cid:859)t also (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)e (cid:272)ulture, (cid:271)ut also produ(cid:272)e (cid:272)ulture: uploading videos, pictures etc. Smart phones: symbolize and actualize our social networks: connects you to multiple networking platforms and devices. Mac has history of aligning people with people who have changed history. New technologies both pull us together and drive us apart.
