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SOCI 2455

Soc 2455 FA Computers and Society

Historical course

Fall 2014

Readings

  • Hill, Simon. (2013—pp:11-15;59-83). Digital Revolutions: Activism in the Internet. Oxford: New Internationalist.
  • McBride, Stephen & Heather Whiteside. (2011—pp:58-79; 106-111). Private Affluence, Public Austerity: Economic Crisis & Democratic Malaise in Canada. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Quan-Haase, Anabel. (2013—pp: 167-189). Technology & Society: Social Networks, Power, & Technology. Toronto: Oxford U Press.
  • Stiglitz, Joseph E. (2012—pp:52-82; 265-290). The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Winston, Morton & Ralph Edelbach. (2012—pp:182-195; 222-235; 249-262; 301-310). Society, Ethics, and Computer Technology, Revised 4th Edition. Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd.
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Topics

  • Introduction Rose, Introduction
  • The Mythology of Computer Use Rose
  • The History of Computing Rose
  • The Origin of the User as a Social Concept
  • Sociology & Computer Technology Pendakur & Harris (P & H--pp:19-32)
  • The Culture of Software Production Rose
  • The Roots of Digital Culture Millar
  • Current Theorizing about Digital Technology
  • & Race, Class, & Gender Millar
  • Computer Consumer & the User Rose
  • The Impact of Advertising Film:“The Ad & the Ego”
  • Computer Users & Technical Knowledge Rose
  • Scholarly Analyses of Computer Anxiety
  • Technostress, & Computer Phobia Rose
  • Computer Use Rose
  • The Use of Computer Technology in our
  • Children's Early Education & Computer Use Armstrong & Casement
  • Learning, the Natural World & Computer Use Armstrong & Casement
  • The Future of Canadian Education
  • & Computer Technology Couture, Jean-Claude, pp:139-166
  • The Future User &
  • Responsible Action Rose, Conclusion
  • Employment & the Development
  • of the New Computer Technology Rifkin
  • Visions of Technological Utopian Rifkin

Readings

  • Required: 1) Rose, Ellen. 2003. User Error: Resisting Computer Culture. Toronto: Between the Lines.
  • Required: 2) Scott-Dixon, K. 2004. Doing It: Women Working in Information Technology. Toronto: Sumach Press.
  • Couture, Jean-Claude. 1997. “Teacher’s Work: Living in the Culture of Insufficiency.” Pp: 139-166 in Globalization and the future of Canadian Education, edited by Marita Moll. Halifax: Fernwood.
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