The internet or network (rather than technology) is very often referred to as a place or space - you go to or visit a website, for example. Elizabeth On 30 Jun 2008, at 21:17, Joseph Reagle wrote:
On Sunday 29 June 2008, Gordon Carlson wrote:
In case anyone is counting here is a newer list with the additions thus far. Thanks again and please do keep them coming!
In my class on technology "Understanding how we understand: technological predictions, myths, and implications" [1] I talk a lot about technology as myth and narrative -- and I've been enjoying this thread.
[1]:http://reagle.org/joseph/2007/impacts/syllabus.html
I'm thinking of bringing in Goffman's "frames" next semester, but in any case I try to identify some of relations implicit/presume in the metaphors from our class readings. So, for example: [[ * Themes to keep an eye out for + technology as artifact o In speaking about technological artifacts, the following themes often come up in terms of how we understand technology and its effects relationship: recursive, emergent, shaping, injection (embedded, inscribed values) audience: relevant social group, wider context reading: interpretive flexibility, closure movement: stabilization, momentum, replacement, incremental, organic # propagation: massive (car), limited (cockpit design) # speed: fast, slow scope: micro/macro consequences: intended/unintended causality: singular/multiple; direct/indirect perspective: hindsight, those born to it, those seeing the change + technology as social substrate o authority: source, operation cooperation/altruism: source, enabling (e.g., crowds), effect, understanding (economic, moral, cognitive) contentment/happiness: contrary to intuitions, hyperactivity identity, power, civic interation pervasiveness/privacy: double edged sword * Narratives of technological tropes + ascent o the "sleeper" "blows up" o the new displaces the old (e.g., iPod over Walkman) o the old sustains (e.g., silicon) + descent o fade/die o the hype bubble bursts + prediction o "20-20 hindsight" * Technology metaphors + e.g., Lawler's computer as machine, tool, workplace, etc. ... ]]
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