Bendito Machine III
Presented like distopia - such a cargo cult of machines. Actually it's an example of any other cult like moda in fashion, literature, pop culture and others.. People find something new and easily throw out recently adorable thing.
This video illustrates the power of influence from media technology on the whole socium. Technology gives idea how to look, to behave and even to think. So I think it surely shows the social implications.
Inbox
Nice and touching story of using communication tool. I found it as utopia since it's pretty positive and shows the real use of communication environment. When two shy people find a way for acquaintanceship what is the better? ) I'm sure new technologies made a revolution in social communication and this example shows the very humanitarian way of modern technologies.
Thursday
Frankly speaking haven't caught the essence of this video. Surely it shows a dialog between nature and technological world but the question of looses and gains here is still open for me. I think this poor bird is not so persuasive in concurency with technological world. And I loved the humanitarian plot in common - people still meet one another. Love rules! ))
New Media
Short and very gloomy. Reminds "Matrix" very much. Comparing with the first video we can find the main difference - in the first one people manage machines not avoiding their influence, and now they totally dominate making people to hide themselves in their corners. Want my opinion? - I don't think machines are so agressive and have some pleasure in treating people this way. Everything is not so scary.. )
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This post is a homework for the on-line course E-Learning and Digital Cultures
EDCMOOC
Teoretical thoughts of week 1 is in my
wordpress in
"Technological Determinism by D.Chandler"
