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

[Crystal Abidin]

Moshimoshi all,

A very short list I used in my classes –
https://wishcrys.com/2014/07/06/multimedia-examples-on-technologys-impact-on-f2f-communication/

C

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Jojo Karlin <jojo.karlin at gmail.com> wrote:

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> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/105dbElTpqyFqANZj60o_yFVNtWJVWEtzVCmM-UMhk2w/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> Here's a slapdash google sheet
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Thomas Ball <xtc283 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Here are a few suggestions that may or may not be on target with the
> > specifics of the request:
> >
> > Chaplin's *Modern Times*
> > Samuel Fuller's *Park Row*, about tech change in the 19th c newspaper
> > industry in NYC
> > *The Social Network*, about the founding of Facebook
> > *Koyaanisqatsi*, a visual poem about the devastating effect tech growth
> is
> > having on nature and the earth
> > George Lucas UCLA student film, *THX1138*, and, of course, *The Star
> Wars*
> > epics
> > Herbert and Lynch's *Dune, *which is cyberpunk
> > For me, the *Bourne* series is implicitly spot-on with the themes
> outlined
> > in the request, as are the *Bond* films
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:33 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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