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

Sat Jul 16 17:42:17 PDT 2016

Many French films of the 60s and 70s focused on *ecriture* and semiotics.
In particular, the works of Jean-Luc Godard are seminal. Perhaps his most
"semiotic" film was *Two or Three Things I Know About Her.*

On Thu, 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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> Subject: Re: [Air-L] suggestions for movies on communication technology
> and social change
>
> 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
> >
> > --------------------------
> > *Sharon Greenfield*
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> > Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) School of Media and
> > Communication RMIT University, Australia
> >
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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> |
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> > > 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>
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