SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Symbolic Interactionism, Memetics
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Technology: the application of science to address problems in daily life. Solutionism - the belief that we can improve the world through technology. People seem more self-absorbed, maybe more individualistic in a way, less empathetic. They"re addicted to their ipads or phones. (packer quoting christina olague, p. 510) Mediated interaction: communication in which the participants are separated by time and pace. Technology comes between people who are communicating. Memetics: an epidemiological explanation for how cultural messages spread. Today: a popular, often comical, expression widely shared on the internet.
