Technology and Communication Module - Geoff Barton
Technology and Communication Module
What you need to know …
( Examples of the way 2 or 3 specific media forms have developed / what led to change? / what have been the outcomes (positive and negative) / how has communication changed as a result of the technology (eg shape of newspaper stories / telegraph).
( Understand media determinism – that concept that the technologies affect how we communicate.
Key strong determinist s =
• Marshal McLuhan. Know his theories and a good smattering of quotations.
• Also – Neil Postman – heavily dismissive of power of television: “Television reality is the reality”. The danger now is not from control of information, but rather that all information has become mere entertainment
Weaker variants of determinism =
• Richard Sclove – eg technology may also lead to other forms of social interaction (not all negative)
• Melvin Kranzberg's First Law reads as follows: Technology is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.
( Know about Geoffrey Moore: Technology life cycle
1 Early market
The stage where we find innovators and early adopters.
2 The chasm
This is a crucial moment in the development of any technology. At this stage, the early enthusiasm for the product has started to level off, the potential early adopters have adopted it, but it is still too immature for mass adoption. This was the stage the personal computer was at before the invention of the 'killer app', the spreadsheet.
3 The early majority
If a technology successfully crosses the chasm it is taken up by the early majority. (DVD)
4 The late majority
At this stage, the adopters are joined by those who have preferred to wait until the technology is fully matured and, probably, less expensive, as has been the case with the personal computer over the past couple of years.
5 End of life
As consumers' requirements change, so the technology may no longer be the appropriate one to fulfil them and so it reaches the end of its life. Eg QWERTY
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Today:
Discuss McLuhan’s perspective
Revise determinism
Debate positive / negative effects of technology on communication
For next Monday:
Either:
“Technology is often depicted in the media as having a negative impact”. How fair is this view? Discuss with reference to two technological forms.
Or:
Examine the character, popularity and implications of mobile phone text messaging as a form of communication
Look back at previous essays, notes, and notes on essays.
Make sure there’s a clear structure, and appropriately formal expression
Include key facts, quotations, thinkers, etc
Next week:
Ethical, moral and political debates (intrusion, privacy, censorship, etc)
GB February 17, 2002
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