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

Wed Jul 13 05:22:52 PDT 2016

Not a movie yet but coming soon: The Circle based on Dave Eggers' novel of the same name is a fascinating critique of technology and society. 

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> On Jul 13, 2016, at 8:06 AM, sahana udupa <sahanaudupa.nk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Extremely helpful thread.
> 
> Are there suggestions for movies on digital activism?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Sahana
> 
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> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Justine Humphry <justine.humphry at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone mentioned eXistenZ, David Cronenburg's brilliant 1999 film about
>> a video game designer on the run?  Videodrome is another equally weird and
>> squeamish pre-digital era film also by Cronenburg.
>> 
>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/
>> 
>> Justine
>> 
>>> On Wednesday, 13 July 2016, Michael T Zimmer <zimmerm at uwm.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes! Other pre-digital reflections on information technology & society
>>> would be Radio Days, and perhaps even The Name of the Rose.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Michael Zimmer, PhD
>>> Associate Professor, School of Information Studies
>>> Director, Center for Information Policy Research
>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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>>> w: www.michaelzimmer.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:39 AM, Joshua Braun <jabraun at journ.umass.edu
>>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Since your request includes broadcast-era media, I'm surprised no one
>>> has yet mentioned Network (1976). Such a brilliant satirical and
>> hilarious
>>> take on the commercialization of media that also speaks to the current
>>> obsession with analytics.
>>>> 
>>>> Josh
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2016-07-12 22:33, 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 <javascript:;><mailto:
>>> P.Henman at uq.edu.au <javascript:;>>
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>>>>> Electronic Journal of e-Government (2014, with R Ackland, T Graham)
>>>>> Government and the Internet, in W. Dutton (ed) The Oxford Handbook of
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