Under Technology's Thumb

Under Technology's Thumb
Author: William Leiss
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1990
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780773507487

Lucid and trenchant essays on the philosophy of nature, arguing for an attitude of respect rather than domination of the environment. We have, according to Leiss (communications, Simon Fraser U.), no obligation to accept the imposition of new technologies; but, even if we do accept technological innovation, we retain the right and duty to shape the applications and results according to our vision of the good society. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Under Technology's Thumb

Under Technology's Thumb
Author: William Leiss
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1990-02-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0773562214

From the introduction: "Standing at the threshold of modern times, Francis Bacon saw in experimental science and technological innovation the keys to humanity's future. Human history to that point, he thought, was an endlessly repeated cycle of despair and false hopes. The false hopes were fed by the old illusion that a few cheap tricks and the right magical formulas would unlock nature's treasury where unlimited wealth and power lay. The despair arose from humanity's seeming inability to escape from subjection to the natural forces that periodically visited famine, disease, pestilence, and destruction upon it."

Thinking Through Technology

Thinking Through Technology
Author: Carl Mitcham
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1994-10-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0226531988

This introduction to the philosophy of technology discusses its sources and uses. Tracing the changing meaning of "technology" from ancient times to the modern day, it identifies two important traditions of critical analysis of technology: the engineering approach and the humanities approach.

Internet Society

Internet Society
Author: Maria Bakardjieva
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2005-04-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1847871011

`A highly topical, interesting and lively analysis of ordinary internet use, based on both theoretically competent reflections and sound ethnographic material′ - Joost van Loon, Reader in Social Theory at Nottingham Trent University Internet Society investigates internet use and it′s implications for society through insights into the daily experiences of ordinary users. Drawing on an original study of non-professional, ′ordinary′ users at home, this book examines how people interpret, domesticate and creatively appropriate the Internet by integrating it into the projects and activities of their everyday lives. Maria Bakardjieva′s theoretical framework uniquely combines concepts from several schools of thought (social constructivism, critical theory, phenomenological sociology) to provide a conception of the user as an agent in the field of technological development and new media shaping. She: - examines the evolution of the Internet into a mass medium - interrogates what users make of this new communication medium - evaluates the social and cultural role of the Internet by looking at the immediate level of users′ engagement with it - exposes the dual life of technology as invader and captive; colonizer and colonized This book will appeal to academics and researchers in social studies of technology, communication and media studies, cultural studies, philosophy of technology and ethnography.

Starting Points in Design and Technology

Starting Points in Design and Technology
Author: Hilary Ansell
Publisher: Folens Limited
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780947882761

Exciting activities linked to the QCA Scheme of Work for Design Technology for 5 to 11 year olds. Creative ideas for stunning displays using 2-D and 3-D projects. Activities are suitable for whole class or small group work.

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology
Author: David H. Jonassen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1195
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0805841458

This edition of this handbook updates and expands its review of the research, theory, issues and methodology that constitute the field of educational communications and technology. Organized into seven sectors, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this rapidly changing field.

Intuition Technology

Intuition Technology
Author: John Living
Publisher: Holistic Intuition Society
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0968632343

Living pens an in-depth look at how to understand oneself and how one operates in this energetic environment--how the heart-mind-brain team manipulates the nervous-muscular system to signal responses.