CMNS220 - Sept.19th 2016

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1. understanding television 220 TV and everyday life
2.  Technology changes society  Innovation happens: uncontrolled, scientific driven discoveries  Innovation is progressive: faster, better, cheaper TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM 01 220
3.  Science, technology and society are not separated realms.  Therefore, if we want to understand technology, we have to explore the political, economic and power relations embedded in the process of scientific and technological development.  Focus on power imbalances (gender, class, ethnical, etc.) SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM 01 220
4. 1. Is Stephen a technological determinist or a social constructivist? 2. Mobile privatization 3. Commuting: idle time turned into consumption time. Maximization 4. Smartphones as means of consumption Vs Smartphones as means of communication 5. Web2.0 and smartphone. Let the public (properly domesticated) enter our private Vs let our private (properly represented) enter the public STEPHEN GROENING 01 220
5. 1. Is Lynn a technological determinist or a social constructivist? 2. TV, post-war economy, veterans, white collarization, women workers returning home 3. Good TV, bad TV: instrumentalism and control of technology. Another example of technological determinism 4. A more recent example of good/bad technology? LYNN SPIGEL 01 220
6. K-8661 on Monday, from 11,30 to 12.20 alusoli@sfu.ca Alberto Lusoli twitter.com/albertolusoli #CMNS220 You can also find me at: * See you next week