[Media, Information and Technoculture 2500A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (22 pages long!)
6 Feb 2017
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M e d i a , i n f o rm a t i o n a n d te c h n o c u l t u re 2 5 0 0 a / b. Technology has no meaning: it is value-neutral, leaves no lasting impression beyond moment of use, not essential part of being human, nor deemed important in determining human development, untrue: Any change in the tech world effects the social world and vice versa. Car: social life would not be what it is without mass distribution of cars. They legitimize our fantasies and live with total faith in technology. That tech is benign, natural and good: this belief is dangerous. Technology (cid:494)connects(cid:495) us each other: untrue, it makes the world a better place, and does so by perpetually innovating the ways in which we relate to. We don(cid:495)t just communicate through machines, we love through them: these tech are necessary to our lives and relationships.
