Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Historical Linguistics, Prison Reform, Antonio Gramsci

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2200F/G
• Professor: Sasha Torres

Document Summary

Looking at our automatic responses in different situations and how they serve us. Natural default setting - the belief that i am at the centre of the world. David foster wallace wants us to consider what it"s like to leave the default setting. Theory is about whether we want to take on societies default settings. Thats the way we do things (in this family, school, workplace) Fish story - the most obvious and important realties are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about. It is the way we do things; it"s always been that way; it"s a tradition. Everything in our own immediate experience supports the belief that we are at the absolute centre of the universe, meaning we are the most important person. Examples: it is common sense, it"s a tradition, that"s the way we do things, it"s natural. Event - the moment when structure becomes thought about.