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

Mark Carrigan mark at markcarrigan.net
Thu Jul 14 00:18:22 PDT 2016


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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> 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> |
> > 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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