[Air-L] suggestions for movies on communication technology andsocial change

Traci Belanger tlster at myfairpoint.net
Wed Jul 13 05:44:08 PDT 2016


Let's not forget Spielberg's A. I., Zero Therom (if you've never seen 
it, you should)  and most recently Ex Machina... 

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May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and 
peace today. 

On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 02:33:05 +0000, Paul Henman
  wrote:

       Dear colleagues

I am teaching a course on media, culture and society, and am 
introducing a new assessment piece - a movie review. 
I am going to give students a selection of movies to choose from that 
have as a key element the role of communications technologies 
(including social media) on social change, social relations and 
identify. 

I have already identified the following:

* Her - on operating systems and the self

* The Truman Show - on reality tv and public/private nexus

* The Enemy of the State - on surveillance technologies

* You've got mail (maybe) - on email and relationships

* Good morning Vietnam (maybe) - on radio and community building

I welcome any other suggestions and commendations. They can be old 
technologies, current or predicted new ones (ie sci fi). 

Paul

Paul Henman
Associate Professor of Social Policy and Sociology
Head of Sociology
Program Director, BSocSci
School of Social Science
University of Queensland QLD 4072
T: +61 7 3365 2765 | E: P.Henman at uq.edu.au | W: www.digitalsocialpolicy.com

Recent publications:
'Population health performance as primary healthcare governance' Policy 
and Society (2016, with M. Foster et al)
'"Schooling" performance measurement', Policy and Society(2015, with A. Gable)
'Networks of Communities and Communities of Networks in Online 
Government' Electronic Journal of e-Government (2014, with R Ackland, T 
Graham)
Government and the Internet, in W. Dutton (ed) The Oxford Handbook of 
Internet Studies (2014)

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