CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Application Layer, Arpanet, Jacques Ellul

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

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Chapter 6: communication technology and society: theory & practice. Technology = tool, soul and neutral; a piece of apparatus. The way in which the apparatus operates. Technology as a structure form social relations lo(cid:28666)os (cid:28668)(cid:28663)(cid:28664)as (cid:28662)arry t(cid:28667)(cid:28664) not(cid:28668)on t(cid:28667)at technology has politics. Technological outcomes depend on how artifact is used by humans. Technological progress unquestionably positive: technological determinism. Technology operates according to an inherent, internal logic. Social media makes the world more democratic. We make things with technological instruments but technologies also make something of us. Technologies constructed via interactions between artifact and social context in which it is situated. Efficiency / effectiveness does not necessarily impose specific outcomes. Humans have choices and decisions to engage. Technical properties of artifacts determine social / economic / political impact (i. e. technology as an autonomous force) Technical properties are the outcome of conflicting interests and ideas. Originated from 1969 arpanet us government defense project.