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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00727
- Thesis Title
- TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: C0NTR0L_OR THE 1LLUS1ON OF
- Author
- Santiago Messier Restrepo
- E-mail
- smessier AT sva.edu
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- MFA Computer Arts
- Year
- 2019
- Number of Pages
- 16
- University
- School of Visual Arts
- Thesis Supervisor
- Anney Bonney
- Supervisor e-mail
- abonney AT sva.edu
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Media Studies
- Copyright Ownership
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English, Spanish
- URL where full thesis can be found
- goo.gl/4reuQB
- Keywords
- Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Media History, New Media, Computer Studies, Film Studies
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- According to Tallerton Gillespie "technology is political; media industries distort politics; new technologies should support freedom, not restrict it."1 This affirmation could be the core of this research; but it really is the dual state of control in which creators shape audiences and machines shape users. The ever-changing role of technology in human everyday life points to visible signs of social unawareness that have come as the result of this distortion. There is a virus within our society; hyper-connected users receiving dopamine streams being unaware they can’t escape the bright glare of portable screens as the newest addiction, keeping human eyes held hostage. This paper may not offer a cure but it serves as a starting point for a alternative dissection of the present relationship between society and technology.
In an ocean of apparent technological freedom users are constantly being restricted by algorithms and corporations. This text is written under the assumption that there are fewer people looking up to see real life than there are looking down staring at virtual content on the screen of a portable device. This assumption may sound futuristic, as roughly 15 years ago the idea of video calling was still a matter of science fiction, but there is a long history of media predicting and transgressing itself and this is at the heart of the investigation. This research aims to establish relationships between technology and humans under the premise of control.