Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Social Change, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Industrial Revolution

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B
• Professor: John Reed

Document Summary

Rules mold behavior the way people think. Up to the 1820s: control over nature. Profound transportation canal system: control over people, control = division of labor. Assigning specialized tasks to workers: move from cottage country to early manufacture (division of labor) Adam smith: the introduction of division of labor made the biggest difference. The division of labor radically changes the way they feel. If you"re in a panoptic structure you will feel as if you"re always being watched. People in a panopticon are self-regulated the suggestion of being watched introduces internalized authority you become your own god. Progressive, rational use of technology panopticon = enlightenment thinking. The architecture of the panopticon changes (molds) behavior: control through machinery. Automation replaces the worker wages dropped, riots started, and city destruction. The idea of progress had a hiccup as automation began to take over. Removes the skill from the job lower paid workers, less skilled workers: marx.