Technology and History: "Kranzberg's Laws"

Kranzberg, Melvin

doi:10.1177/027046769501500104

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“…The shifts in teens' lives are often subtle and connected to broader societal trends. Furthermore, as is true of technology more broadly, social media is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral (Kranzberg 1986). Throughout this document are examples of teens' using social media for both productive and destructive purposes.…”

Section: Lessons From the Everyday Lives Of Teensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics

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2017

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Teens leveraged these sites for a wide array of everyday social practices-gossiping, flirting, joking around, sharing information, and simply hanging out. While social network sites were predominantly used by teens as a peer-based social outlet, the unchartered nature of these sites generated fear among adults. This dissertation documents my 2.5-year ethnographic study of American teens' engagement with social network sites and the ways in which their participation supported and complicated three practices-self-presentation, peer sociality, and negotiating adult society.My analysis centers on how social network sites can be understood as networked publics which are simultaneously (1) the space constructed through networked 2 technologies and (2) the imagined community that emerges as a result of the intersection of people, technology, and practice. Networked publics support many of the same practices as unmediated publics, but their structural differences often inflect practices in unique ways. Four properties-persistence, searchability, replicability, and scalability-and three dynamics-invisible audiences, collapsed contexts, and the blurring of public and private-are examined and woven throughout the discussion.While teenagers primarily leverage social network sites to engage in common practices, the properties of these sites configured their practices and teens were forced to contend with the resultant dynamics. Often, in doing so, they reworked the technology for their purposes. As teenagers learned to navigate social network sites, they developed potent strategies for managing the complexities of and social awkwardness incurred by these sites. Their strategies reveal how new forms of social media are incorporated into everyday life, complicating some practices and reinforcing others. New technologies reshape public life, but teens' engagement also reconfigures the technology itself.

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Section: Lessons From the Everyday Lives Of Teensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics

boyd¹

2017

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“…One main problem with this paradigm is its inherent technological determinism, 38 which refers to the idea that technology is the prime factor in shaping our lifestyle, values and society (Bijker, Hughes, Pinch, & Douglas, 2012;Heidegger, 1982;Kranzberg, 1986). Furthermore, the kind of language used (such as maximisation of efficiency, speed, precision, productivity) fosters a view in which we adjust human ends to match the features of our dominant technology, an idea that Langdon Winner calls 'reverse adaptation ' (1977).…”

Section: Technology Mechanistic Accountmentioning

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Rethinking Human Enhancement

Cabrera

2015

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“…Otto was, however, lucky never to know anything about all the misery that would come. Lööf here addresses the drawback of the Otto engine -and indeed any technology; the potential for use and misuse, good and evil uses (Kranzberg, 1986;Ihde, 2006). According to Pelle, Uncle Otto would have been surprised had he seen how many cars there are today; far too many: "It is sad to have to say this, but it is time we said goodbye to Otto's fine gasoline engine.…”

Section: Pelle and Uncle Otto's Invention (2006) By Jan Lööfmentioning

confidence: 99%