these two reading groups/lists (in an STSish vein) may be of interest http://itu.dk/tip/?p=1834 //IT University of Copenhagen http://tcrgmelbourne.wordpress.com/ //Melbourne Uni -- Susanne Pratt, Ph.D. Candidate Journalism and Media Research Centre @ UNSW http://susannepratt.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Anders Fagerjord < anders.fagerjord@media.uio.no> wrote:

Dear Rich,

I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

All the best,

--anders

Anders Fagerjord, dr. art Associate professor of media studies

Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo

Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gjøvik University College

5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling <riseling@gmail.com>:

...

Dear all,

I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest.

My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows:

· The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein

· Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift

· Latitude, Sobel

· The Victorian internet, Standage

· The Control Revolution, Beniger

· Technics and civilization, Mumford

· Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye

· When old technologies were new, Marvin

· The social construction of technical systems, Bijker

· America Calling, Fischer

· Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson

· Virtual communities, Rheingold

· The rise of the network society, Castells

· 6 Degrees, Watts

· Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling

· Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra

· Sociology beyond societies, Urry

· In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff

· Play between worlds, Taylor

· Where the action is, Dourish

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Emily Martin's 'The Egg and the Sperm' is also a useful addition! On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 09:58 -0500, William J. Moner wrote:

Rich,

James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the telegraph. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeolog...

Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate and military interests in broadcast regulation.

Best, William

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On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling <riseling@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Dear all,

I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest.

My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows:

· The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein

· Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift

· Latitude, Sobel

· The Victorian internet, Standage

· The Control Revolution, Beniger

· Technics and civilization, Mumford

· Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye

· When old technologies were new, Marvin

· The social construction of technical systems, Bijker

· America Calling, Fischer

· Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson

· Virtual communities, Rheingold

· The rise of the network society, Castells

· 6 Degrees, Watts

· Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling

· Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra

· Sociology beyond societies, Urry

· In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff

· Play between worlds, Taylor

· Where the action is, Dourish

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Reading list for whom? :) I would throw on some Thomas Hughes, perhaps "Networks of Power"? I've assigned his last book, the wafer-thin "Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture" to a bunch of classes, as it provides a brief but engaging look at technological systems... - Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais

A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination” Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture” Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century” Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age” Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet” van Dijck, José. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm@uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys <lmh13@cornell.edu> wrote:

Hi Rich,

Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites:

Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society"

Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well.

I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World.

Cheers, Lee

Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Cornell University

On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote:

...

Dear all,

I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest.

My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows:

· The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein

· Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift

· Latitude, Sobel

· The Victorian internet, Standage

· The Control Revolution, Beniger

· Technics and civilization, Mumford

· Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye

· When old technologies were new, Marvin

· The social construction of technical systems, Bijker

· America Calling, Fischer

· Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson

· Virtual communities, Rheingold

· The rise of the network society, Castells

· 6 Degrees, Watts

· Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling

· Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra

· Sociology beyond societies, Urry

· In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff

· Play between worlds, Taylor

· Where the action is, Dourish

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