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

Thu Jul 14 06:16:17 PDT 2016

Second Ghost in the Shell the series. Also some of the Modern Family episodes are brilliant in that regard. 

  Erika Lee

> On Jul 14, 2016, at 5:06 AM, Marilou Polymeropoulou <m.polymeropoulou at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all, 
> 
> 'Tron' (1982) could also be of interest!
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Dr Marilou Polymeropoulou
> Postdoctoral research associate
> e-Research Centre
> University of Oxford
> 
> 
> 
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> Hi all,
> 
> There are some fantastic suggestions here. I'm not sure about the etiquette of this & apologies if this is a breach of it, but would anyone mind if I compiled these titles into a blog post? Obviously I'd list all the people who've contributed them.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
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> On 14 July 2016 at 07:24, Sharon Greenfield <sharon.greenfield at rmit.edu.au>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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
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