CMS.S60 / CMS.S96 Technopanics: Moral Panics about Technology, Spring 2013
Hacking and trolling; mass murders and bullying. What do these have in common? One theory holds that these are all "deviant" social behaviors, occurring both online and off, which have purportedly been brought about or exacerbated by our new media environment. Such aberrant behavio...
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| author | Szablewicz, Marcella Therese |
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| description | Hacking and trolling; mass murders and bullying. What do these have in common? One theory holds that these are all "deviant" social behaviors, occurring both online and off, which have purportedly been brought about or exacerbated by our new media environment. Such aberrant behaviors seemingly give us ample reason to fear digital and social media. But is technology to blame? We will grapple with this question as we investigate how our understanding of new technologies and media is socially shaped and, in turn, how new media might influence our social behavior. We will begin by studying how similar panics about "old" media (books, film, television and even the written word itself) set historical precedents for these current fears. Along the way we will establish and explore issues embedded in debates about new media, including questions of class, gender, youth, sex, and violence. Such topics will be placed in cross-cultural perspective, allowing us to compare the nature of panics over contemporary events and issues—e.g. the Columbine school shootings, cyber-bullying, Japanese otaku, and the Chinese "Human Flesh Search Engine"—occurring within both the United States and East Asia. Students will read essays, keep media journals and watch films pertaining to weekly topics. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1443282025-02-20T22:09:08Z CMS.S60 / CMS.S96 Technopanics: Moral Panics about Technology, Spring 2013 Technopanics: Moral Panics about Technology Szablewicz, Marcella Therese Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing hacking trolling hacker troll mass-murder bully deviance deviant new media old media middle-aged media media technology behavior otaku artifact politics society outsiders marihuana control moral panic writing print plato phaedrus jowett conciousness orality literacy anxieties anxiety modernity penny dreadful juvenile crime delinquency delinquent children television chip regulation seduction innocence innocent movies film Marx Engles Jenkins ruling lass gender youth sex violence digital threat treat affect virus body stupid facebook bookface google internet book identity deception virtual community flesh reddit vigilante weirdness crackdown Sterling Doctorow pornography predator porn terror terrorism grief resistance drama teen gossip network public private video game videogame columbine 090102 Hacking and trolling; mass murders and bullying. What do these have in common? One theory holds that these are all "deviant" social behaviors, occurring both online and off, which have purportedly been brought about or exacerbated by our new media environment. Such aberrant behaviors seemingly give us ample reason to fear digital and social media. But is technology to blame? We will grapple with this question as we investigate how our understanding of new technologies and media is socially shaped and, in turn, how new media might influence our social behavior. We will begin by studying how similar panics about "old" media (books, film, television and even the written word itself) set historical precedents for these current fears. Along the way we will establish and explore issues embedded in debates about new media, including questions of class, gender, youth, sex, and violence. Such topics will be placed in cross-cultural perspective, allowing us to compare the nature of panics over contemporary events and issues—e.g. the Columbine school shootings, cyber-bullying, Japanese otaku, and the Chinese "Human Flesh Search Engine"—occurring within both the United States and East Asia. Students will read essays, keep media journals and watch films pertaining to weekly topics. 2022-08-11T19:30:14Z 2022-08-11T19:30:14Z 2013-06 2022-08-11T19:30:20Z Learning Object CMS.S60-Spring2013 CMS.S60 CMS.S96 IMSCP-MD5-775e036fd8602a8e3ea833c689fb583c https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144328 en-US This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. 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