Media, Information and Technoculture 3216F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abstract And Concrete, Plastic Surgery, Idolatry

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 3216F/G
• Professor: Edward Comor

Document Summary

I. e. feeling as a member of a group, deep need to share, to help. Idea of the public realm: the state is the embodiment of our social existence. I. e. we pay taxes, vote, respect laws, lose life in war saving a life of a stranger on the street vs. in war: the uniform is the embodiment of our social nature, relationship between man and himself: Idea of marketing orientation: experiencing yourself as a thing to be employed successfully on the market you do not experience yourself as an active agent or the bearer of human powers: thinking only about your socio-economic role. To have or to be piece: private property, power, and profit as the pillars of our existence. Increasing the quantity of our online social networks makes us sacrifice the right to enjoy the quality of human togetherness. In liquid modern life, there are both economic chances and social dangers.