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I read the text more focused as did that of Sean Marren. I can see his point of view on the advancements of technology a positive thing and to look at both sides to it the good and the bad. From the readings I thought more of the negative, mainly because that is the why I usually think of technological advancements, being less personal and dividing a person from society and the world around them. There was a time where I believe the new technologies were a positive addition to life, as in the 19th Century, but in the early 20th Century as car were becoming more popular it divided families at the same time as being a positive growth for society. The term technology used over time has morphed into completely different meaning, thinking from the reading, it opened my thoughts to more than just the ipod or video games.-- Maggie Wroe | I read the text more focused as did that of Sean Marren. I can see his point of view on the advancements of technology a positive thing and to look at both sides to it the good and the bad. From the readings I thought more of the negative, mainly because that is the why I usually think of technological advancements, being less personal and dividing a person from society and the world around them. There was a time where I believe the new technologies were a positive addition to life, as in the 19th Century, but in the early 20th Century as car were becoming more popular it divided families at the same time as being a positive growth for society. The term technology used over time has morphed into completely different meaning, thinking from the reading, it opened my thoughts to more than just the ipod or video games.-- Maggie Wroe | ||
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| + | I enjoyed how the readings for this week touched upon the different areas in which technology can be seen (gender, politics, society, etc). The article that I most enjoyed was Langdon Winner's "Do Artifacts Have Politics?" This article made me realize that technology does embody authority and power, which was clearly seen in his example of Robert Moses's road works. Another article in which I found interesting was Carroll Pursell's "Masculinity and Technology." I agree that technology is very much masculinized. An example that Pursell gave was how no one was buying the Edsel because the front end of it "suggested the female vulva." | ||
| + | Here's a link to a picture of a Ford Edsel: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Edsel_Citation_Convertible_1958.jpg | ||
| + | - Melissa Graham | ||
