Sociology 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Digital Footprint, Robin Dunbar, Multisensory Integration

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2202
• Professor: stevenlin

Document Summary

2017 (15) notes on digital culture (quotes from authors in coloured font) The study of internet usage and the culture of instant messaging is by now a full- fledged discipline: there are literally thousands of books and articles on how. Internet use/texting threatens relationships, makes us distracted and depressed, and isolates us from each other. There are probably the same number of books and articles on how such usage connects us to friends and family, makes us part of a larger (global) community, and improves our efficiency and increases the convenience of communication. The large debate about using electronic media as a whole revolves around authenticity and being really human, on the one hand, and connectivity and convenience, on the other. One group argues that relying so heavily on electronic media (screens, a mouse, text, images) cuts us off from face-to-face, corporeal,