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

[Sharon Greenfield]

Paul et al,

I've taught a class that included pre-digital communication using:
Die Weise Rose (The White Rose, 1982), a fictional account of real students
at Munich University during World War Two who began to question Germany's
Nazi government and forming a resistance cell. A printing press, and the
DIY ability to create underground dissent through words and paper, are
prevalent in the film. And the social change they sparked and their example
of dissent unquestionably had a worldwide impact.

Best,
Sharon

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On 13 July 2016 at 12:33, 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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