Orwellian Reflections and Technocracy in the Modern Digital Age by by Karen Kennedy COMM 350 Fall 2012 Dr. Peggy O’Neill Jones Karen Kennedy COMM 350 Fall 2012 Dr. Peggy O’Neill Jones TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 – Content curation #2 examples 1.1 #2 perspectives 1.2 #2 resources 1.3 #3 Chapter 2 – self reflection of technocracy #4 Section 2.1 – technocracy and its altered states #4 Section 2.2 – course of action: digital media influences #5 Section 2.3 – conscientious objectors
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References: Johnston‚ 1998‚ Global News Access: The Impact of New Communications Technologies‚ Praeger‚ London Keane‚ John ‚ 2005 ’ Journalism and Democracy Across Borders ’ in The Press ed McLuhan‚ Marshall. ‚ 2003‚ Understanding Media‚ Gingko Press Oliver Boyd-Barrett‚ Terhi Rantanen‚ The globalization of news‚ Sage publications‚ London Page‚ D. ‚2001‚ Satellites over south asia: Broadcasting culture and the public interest‚ Sage‚ London Rai
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positive or negative Profit motivates all mass communication Problem is: Noise is more than static though – there is competition‚ resistant Feedback isn’t really passive like she says Can be adapted‚ ignored‚ changed‚ sabotage it‚ undermine it McLuhan – how his theory explains mass media Defines a medium in the broadest possible way Something in the middle‚ connects one thing to another It extends our senses Ex writing on the board im extending my words to a visual thing The message has an
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include citations from other sources as well as my own opinion on the subject and explanation of the new phenomenon “World English.” Intercultural Communication “Nearly 40 years ago‚ media scholar Marshall McLuhan argued that we would soon be living in what he called a global village” (McLuhan‚ Fiore‚ 1968‚ p. 1). “I believe that we are there. The cold war is over. We can travel to other countries and meet members of other cultures. We can e-mail colleges in other countries as quickly as we can walk
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So how does Pinterest effect our economy? We could start by saying that it is understood that there are beneficial effects to the collective practices of looking. Economically‚ Pinterest is not only beneficial because of it being visually-pleasing to people‚ politicians and businesses‚ but it also has an active‚ targeted userbase which can lead to a direct purchase through promoted pins. Promoting your business on Pinterest involves key words‚ image shapes and aiming for a targeted audience. Users
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From almost total obscurity Internet swiftly leapt into our lives covered almost all the spheres of human activity‚ from shop to sex from research to rebellion. The Internet as an information and communication platform has become essential in our daily life. Existing side by side with other media‚ the latest mass medium has changed our communicative behavior enormously. (The European English Messenger‚ 2005). Personal Computer (PC) Internet users know that it is possible to find different kinds
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University Press. Halloran JD. 1975. "The Mass Media and Violence." Forensic Science. 5. 3: 209-17. Kamalipour‚ Yahya R.‚ and Kuldip R. Rampal. 2001. Media‚ Sex‚ Violence‚ and Drugs in the Global Village. Lanham‚ Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. McLuhan‚ M. 1964. Understanding media; The extensions of man. New York: McGraw-Hill. Rehnstrand‚ R. 2005. The longitudional effects of media violence (television and video games) on violence in children into adulthood. Starred paper (M.S.)--St. Cloud State
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Augmentative‚ that is the answer any of my family members would give if asked to described me in one word‚ well‚ that or annoying‚ but I would argue that in the eyes of many people they are synonyms… see!? I just cannot stop myself. This predisposition to argue is the dominant trait passed down to all male members of the Hernandez bloodline‚ we just cannot stop. If we see something we disagree with on any level‚ we will speak up. This love of rhetoric was what first drew me to this class. I wanted
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Module 1 - Background "Invention is the mother of necessities.” - Marshall McLuhan Questions We Ask Ourselves Marshall McLuhan ’s saying‚ "Invention is the mother of necessities"‚ is an example of wit. How is it witty? What is the original saying? You need wit to think about technology‚ for wit demands creative thinking. And once you start thinking creatively‚ you start to see the effect of technology on us all. The usual saying is‚ "Necessity is the mother of invention." That makes sense:
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blatant discardation of so many answers to frequently asked questions. In today’s age‚ we can easily access information and facilities such as schools with aims of teaching‚ are essentially useless to anyone who can access the internet. Marshall McLuhan‚ a piffy‚ resonant and confounding public intellectual once said “The electronic revolution of television has made the teacher the provider no longer
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