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

[Lies van Roessel]

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. 

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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:
>> 
>> *         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<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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