[Air-L] suggestions for movies on communication technology and social change
Lies van Roessel
l.vanroessel at hans-bredow-institut.de
Wed Jul 13 01:01:52 PDT 2016
Has anyone mentioned Strange Days yet? That’s a film from 1995 addressing (amongst others) a similar topic as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Best,
Lies
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> Am 13.07.2016 um 09:50 schrieb Steven Malčić <steven.malcic at gmail.com>:
>
> The Heart Machine (Zachary Wigon, 2014) - online dating and skype intimacy, a lean Brooklyn-based DIY take on Vertigo. Available on Netflix in many regions.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 12, 2016, at 7:33 PM, Paul Henman <p.henman at uq.edu.au> 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:
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>> * Her - on operating systems and the self
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>> * The Truman Show - on reality tv and public/private nexus
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>> * The Enemy of the State - on surveillance technologies
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>> * You've got mail (maybe) - on email and relationships
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>> * 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<mailto:P.Henman at uq.edu.au> | W: www.digitalsocialpolicy.com<http://www.digitalsocialpolicy.com/>
>>
>> Recent publications:
>> 'Population health performance as primary healthcare governance<http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J7ntAVEWvxBzbChMzv4e/full>' Policy and Society (2016, with M. Foster et al)
>> '"Schooling" performance measurement<https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:354448>', Policy and Society(2015, with A. Gable)
>> 'Networks of Communities and Communities of Networks in Online Government<http://www.ejeg.com/issue/download.html?idArticle=347>' 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<http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589074.do#.USJX6Og7i_E> (2014)
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