“A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.” Video created by Andrew Huang.
Sometimes things just seem to happen all at the right moment.
Categories: anthropology, psychology, technology
Tagged: freedom, marcuse, power, sociology, technology
Great discussion on the (un)reality of multitasking and how our uses of new media might be affecting our ability to concentrate even when we aren’t plugged in. Rebecca Roberts speaks with Lee Rainie, Founding Director of Pew Internet & American Life Project, and Clifford Nass, Stanford Professor and Founder and Director of the Communication between [...]
Categories: psychology, technology
Tagged: cognition, multitasking, new media, psychology, technology
In my relatively short time in the consulting world, I’ve unfortunately already encountered the stalwart of entrenched, outmoded school policy that effectively undermines attempts by teachers, however well-intentioned, to pursue a pedagogy centered on increasing media literacy. Far from being a tech evangelist, I do think thoughtful uses of technology (esp. in the classroom) can [...]
Categories: education, technology
Tagged: education, learning, media literacy, research, technology