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English 231 - Final Exam (Education within Technology (Clay Shirky (Does…

- - - - Google Knowing
        
        In today's society, the world depends on their different forms of technology
        
        people depend on the Internet instead of memorizing
        
        'The Internet is the fountain of knowledge and Google is the mouth from which it flows" (p 23)
- - - - We fail to realize how much social media makes us actually feel alone in the world
    - - This movie foreshadows how lonely the world will be in years to come if we continue at this pace
      - Bored and Brilliant Reading response
        
        becoming attached to technology
        
        people become upset when their devices are taken away from them
  - - - "can access any information on any subject " (p. 3). This is a technology that is hooked up to the person or device that can give them access to all information in the world
  - - - "Information technology grows exponentially the power of computers are understanding the brain and the spacial resolution brain scanning the number of bits we move around the internet" (Ray Kurzweil)
        
        Soon enough we will have technology to make whatever we want
- - - - ANT
        
        Actor Network Theory
      - SCOT
        
        Social Construction of Technology
        
        "Relevant social groups as those who have had an empirically discernible influence on a technology" (Wei, 3)
        
        MacKenzie and Wajcman
        
        “It is mistaken to think of technology and society as separate spheres influencing each other: technology and society are mutually constitutive” (3).
      - Silverstone and Haddon
        
        "Constructed, caught and specific claims" (7)
  - - - "The key mover in history and social change" (5)
        
        As technology changes the human society changes with the technology. We as a society will adapt to the devices we have around us.
        
        Example: When cars were first invented humans adapted to this change as well as when the light bulbs were invented. These inventions are used everyday in our lives now.
- - - - In certain ways yes : Gutenberg's press
  - - - the internet has tons of distractions
        
        Time Well Spent Reading Response
        
        Shows just how much people get distracted when doing their work
  - - - Nobody is forced to remember anything now we just rely on the Internet always being here for us
  - - - Society does not try to remember anything anymore
        
        Google is how we remember information