The lunchtime lectures of the last two weeks seem to have provided much food for thought. Some students feel that technology is bringing us closer together (student lecture), whereas some teachers (international day lecture) claim that technology may alienate us from ourselves (and each other).
What do you think?
Is technology uniting (young people of) the world? Is technology a tool that leads us to a more just and/or democratic world because it allows all voices to be heard? What does censorship of social media tell us about the (democratic) power of the social media? Are you still able to think for yourself now that you are communicating through media which are heavily subsidised and sponsored by multinationals and monitored by powerful 'prison guards of the dominant discourse'? Are 'minority cultures' and 'subversive cultures' being fased out by the dominant discourse prevalent in modern technologies?
If you would like to research this topic in more detail, you could check out the following TED talks: http://www.ted.com/topics/technology and the guardian article: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/12/heart-broken-dumped-facebook-status-single
What do you think?
Is technology uniting (young people of) the world? Is technology a tool that leads us to a more just and/or democratic world because it allows all voices to be heard? What does censorship of social media tell us about the (democratic) power of the social media? Are you still able to think for yourself now that you are communicating through media which are heavily subsidised and sponsored by multinationals and monitored by powerful 'prison guards of the dominant discourse'? Are 'minority cultures' and 'subversive cultures' being fased out by the dominant discourse prevalent in modern technologies?
If you would like to research this topic in more detail, you could check out the following TED talks: http://www.ted.com/topics/technology and the guardian article: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/12/heart-broken-dumped-facebook-status-single