CMNS 353 Midterm: Midterm study guide.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 353
• Professor: Peter Chow- White

Document Summary

Sociological imagination: the thought process where we interpret what people need and what they feel based off gathered information and reasoning with a perspective of the world. Dissects the individual"s inner and external life that surrounds them and what effect that has on how they interpret things. Promise allows us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two in society. (c. wright mills) A full outlook on a person"s inner and external life and how it affects their lives. Combined with history we can analyze social relations. Utopia: believes technology is an inevitable (certain), autonomous (self-directed) force that will lead to prosperity (success) and the salvation of humanity. Technology is leading society towards a more utopian existence. Usually expressed by corporations (karl marx, marshall mcluhan, alvin toffler) Technology is the way of the future and the answer to society"s problems.