SOC 3116 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Zoolander, Peer Pressure, Old Media
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Week #2 a critical approach to technology + society [tuesday, september 11] To develop a better appreciation for how much we rely on electronic technologies. To implicate today"s actions in the technology of the future. There"s a point where improvements are actually counter-productive (ex. Technology has a positive and negative attributes: can compare to automobile attributes they can be useful on a personal level but they also have negative implications such as pollution. Technology shapes social society: we get tons of messages about what technology can do for us. Information heard through news and social media is not questioned: there is peer pressure to use technology social exclusion, we are led to believe that technology enhances communication. It is implicit in marketing that everyone must have certain ict"s: latest technology is marketed towards students/youth and suggests that they will. Fall behind if they don"t buy the newest thing: how we represent/misrepresent ourselves through social media via technology (ex.
