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ARIN1001: The Past and Futures of Digital Cultures
Week 3
CRITICAL IMAGINARIES
& ‘THE TECHLASH’
TUTORIAL SLIDES
Image source The Economist: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/01/20/the-
techlash-against-amazon-facebook-and-google-and-what-they-can-do?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Techlash
1. Attendance
2. Discussion: Respond to set questions and discuss
readings and lecture
3. Tutorial activity: Watch and discuss the videos
featured in Terry Flew’s lecture
Mid-tutorial break
4. Production: Develop your annotated mind map
5. Exit Ticket: Complete your exit ticket
Module 2: Tutorial Activities
2: Discussion
Evengy Morozov
Terry Flew
Morozov, E. (2011). Introduction in The net delusion: How
not to liberate the world. Penguin UK.
Flew, T. (2019). Guarding the gatekeepers: Trust, truth
and digital platforms. Griffith Review.
Discussion questions based on readings and the lecture
1. What does Morosov mean when he refers to The Google Doctrine?
How does Morosov define 'cyber-utopianism' and what is its
connection to democratic promotion? What does Morosov mean by
'internet centrism’?
2. What is 'the Techlash' and when and how did it come about? Who are
some of the thinkers associated with this phenomenon and what are the
critical imaginaries that they offer?
3. Flew identifies a crisis of trust in digital platforms and their ability to
regulate themselves. What was is the main event that Flew interrogates
that precipitated a public outcry and what was the response?
Break out into groups and discuss the questions.
Come back to discuss your responses…
Watch videos that feature in Terry Flew’s lecture and then answer the related
questions:Frankenstein
1931 Frankenstein movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNeGSJaQ9Q&ab_channel=Movieclips
Young Frankenstein 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UtoYsQJdeM&ab_channel=MovieclipsComingSoon
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 1994 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaY7r73BIs&ab_channel=TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, 1999 https://www.youtube.com/watch v=70E232PKMto&ab_channel=VideoDetective
Metropolis
Metropolis, 1927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8Ba9rWhUg&ab_channel=Humanoidity
Madonna, Express Yourself, 1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVcUzP_O_8&ab_channel=Madonna
Queen, Radio Gaga, 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azdwsXLmrHE&ab_channel=QueenOfficial
The Terminator
The Terminator, 1984, Gun Shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxoowglHU2w&ab_channel=FlashbackFM
The Terminator, 'I’ll Be Back' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYc2jQaM8gM&ab_channel=FlashbackFM
T-800 Endoskeleton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F76ttUhSkhs&ab_channel=FlashbackFM
Black Mirror
Black Mirror https://theconversation.com/black-mirror-the-dark-side-of-technology-118298
NB: videos only available through Netflix, but you can watch many clips on YouTube
3. Activities: Videos & Questions
Image source: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19-metropolis/images/posters Metropolis, 1927
Questions about videos:
All groups discuss myths
• What are myths according to Vincent Mosco and how do they
relate to technology?
• What are the core ‘myths’ present in these videos?
Frankenstein
• What does the story of Frankenstein, originally written by Mary
Shelley in 1818, say about technology?
Metropolis
• What is the main plot of the film Metropolis and in what way
does it use technology to make a critical comment on society?
Black Mirror and Terminator
• What are some of the social issues commented on in more
recent science fiction films or TV series such as Black Mirror?
Video activity – answer questions in groups
Listen to the podcast below (from 12:05 minutes in):
Tiku, N. (17 June, 2022). The Google engineer who thinks the company's AI has come to
life, (Links to an external site.) Washington Post (Podcast)
• Can you detect the presence of any myths in current debates about AI?
• What are the the hopes and fears around AI ‘sentience’?
Additional Activity: Podcast
Break
See you in 10 minutes!
After the break:
Production: Developing your annotated mind map
Exit Ticket: Complete and save your Exit Ticket
4. Production (40 mins)
Mind Map
In tutorial groups you can work independently on Assignment 1 to:
• 1. Select a topic, if you haven’t already done so
• 2. Add subtopics, objects and relations
• 3. Annotate with sources and a reference list
For more information refer to the Canvas page:
• Week 3 - Tutorial Production Activity
Canvas > Modules > Week 3 > Production > Week 3 Tutorial Production Activity
To begin your mind map, choose a key
thinker or concept for your central topic
• A list of key thinkers and concepts is in each
module of the unit and is located under the
module’s lecture video
• When you choose a topic for your mind map it
must be from one of the lists in Weeks 2-5.
• DON’T create your own topic or do more than
one key thinker/concept
• Sometimes a topic will cover multiple thinkers
and concepts (for example, the topic Science
Fiction might include William Gibson, utopianism
and dystopianism etc)
Concepts and Thinkers weeks 2-5
Cyber Imaginaries and Sci-Fi Futures
Critical Imaginaries and the Techlash
Early Computing Cultures
Media Transformations in the Home
Choose a key thinker or concept from the lists in Weeks 2-5
Mind map reminders
Key thinker/concept
in middle
At least 3
levels
References
Main
Topic
APA 7th style
(Smith, 2018)
In-text references
required (in APA 7th style)500 words excluding references
Images
required
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Show relationships
using lines/nodes,
colour and design
Readings for Week 4: Early Computing Cultures
Ceruzzi, P.E. (2012) The Digital Age. Chapter 1
in Computing: A Concise History. The MIT Press.
Morais, B. (2013). Ada Lovelace, the first tech
visionary. The New Yorker (October 15).
Ceruzzi
Ada Lovelace
Image sources: Paul Ceruzzi https://www.computerhope.com/people/paul_ceruzzi.htm; Computing: A Concise History
https://www.amazon.com/Computing-Concise-History-Essential-Knowledge/dp/0262517671
Ada Lovelace https://codeclan.com/blog/inspirational-women-tech/; The New Yorker https://logos-download.com/11169-the-new-
yorker-logo-download.html
5. Exit Ticket
The Exit Ticket is on Canvas and
you can access it in Module 3.
Complete it and save your answers.
If you can’t access the Exit Ticket:
• Select the Canvas app on your
phone > go to the ARIN1001 site >
Week 3 module > Exit Ticket
• Try a different browser
EFT REMINDER:
• Please complete the Early
Feedback task by 11:59pm Friday
16th August!
Thank you
Week 3
CRITICAL IMAGINARIES
& ‘THE TECHLASH’
TUTORIAL SLIDES
Image source The Economist: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/01/20/the-
techlash-against-amazon-facebook-and-google-and-what-they-can-do?frsc=dg%7Ce
The Techlash
1. Attendance
2. Discussion: Respond to set questions and discuss
readings and lecture
3. Tutorial activity: Watch and discuss the videos
featured in Terry Flew’s lecture
Mid-tutorial break
4. Production: Develop your annotated mind map
5. Exit Ticket: Complete your exit ticket
Module 2: Tutorial Activities
2: Discussion
Evengy Morozov
Terry Flew
Morozov, E. (2011). Introduction in The net delusion: How
not to liberate the world. Penguin UK.
Flew, T. (2019). Guarding the gatekeepers: Trust, truth
and digital platforms. Griffith Review.
Discussion questions based on readings and the lecture
1. What does Morosov mean when he refers to The Google Doctrine?
How does Morosov define 'cyber-utopianism' and what is its
connection to democratic promotion? What does Morosov mean by
'internet centrism’?
2. What is 'the Techlash' and when and how did it come about? Who are
some of the thinkers associated with this phenomenon and what are the
critical imaginaries that they offer?
3. Flew identifies a crisis of trust in digital platforms and their ability to
regulate themselves. What was is the main event that Flew interrogates
that precipitated a public outcry and what was the response?
Break out into groups and discuss the questions.
Come back to discuss your responses…
Watch videos that feature in Terry Flew’s lecture and then answer the related
questions:Frankenstein
1931 Frankenstein movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qNeGSJaQ9Q&ab_channel=Movieclips
Young Frankenstein 1974 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UtoYsQJdeM&ab_channel=MovieclipsComingSoon
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 1994 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFaY7r73BIs&ab_channel=TheBaltimoreMovieTrailerPark
Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, 1999 https://www.youtube.com/watch v=70E232PKMto&ab_channel=VideoDetective
Metropolis
Metropolis, 1927 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8Ba9rWhUg&ab_channel=Humanoidity
Madonna, Express Yourself, 1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVcUzP_O_8&ab_channel=Madonna
Queen, Radio Gaga, 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azdwsXLmrHE&ab_channel=QueenOfficial
The Terminator
The Terminator, 1984, Gun Shop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxoowglHU2w&ab_channel=FlashbackFM
The Terminator, 'I’ll Be Back' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYc2jQaM8gM&ab_channel=FlashbackFM
T-800 Endoskeleton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F76ttUhSkhs&ab_channel=FlashbackFM
Black Mirror
Black Mirror https://theconversation.com/black-mirror-the-dark-side-of-technology-118298
NB: videos only available through Netflix, but you can watch many clips on YouTube
3. Activities: Videos & Questions
Image source: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19-metropolis/images/posters Metropolis, 1927
Questions about videos:
All groups discuss myths
• What are myths according to Vincent Mosco and how do they
relate to technology?
• What are the core ‘myths’ present in these videos?
Frankenstein
• What does the story of Frankenstein, originally written by Mary
Shelley in 1818, say about technology?
Metropolis
• What is the main plot of the film Metropolis and in what way
does it use technology to make a critical comment on society?
Black Mirror and Terminator
• What are some of the social issues commented on in more
recent science fiction films or TV series such as Black Mirror?
Video activity – answer questions in groups
Listen to the podcast below (from 12:05 minutes in):
Tiku, N. (17 June, 2022). The Google engineer who thinks the company's AI has come to
life, (Links to an external site.) Washington Post (Podcast)
• Can you detect the presence of any myths in current debates about AI?
• What are the the hopes and fears around AI ‘sentience’?
Additional Activity: Podcast
Break
See you in 10 minutes!
After the break:
Production: Developing your annotated mind map
Exit Ticket: Complete and save your Exit Ticket
4. Production (40 mins)
Mind Map
In tutorial groups you can work independently on Assignment 1 to:
• 1. Select a topic, if you haven’t already done so
• 2. Add subtopics, objects and relations
• 3. Annotate with sources and a reference list
For more information refer to the Canvas page:
• Week 3 - Tutorial Production Activity
Canvas > Modules > Week 3 > Production > Week 3 Tutorial Production Activity
To begin your mind map, choose a key
thinker or concept for your central topic
• A list of key thinkers and concepts is in each
module of the unit and is located under the
module’s lecture video
• When you choose a topic for your mind map it
must be from one of the lists in Weeks 2-5.
• DON’T create your own topic or do more than
one key thinker/concept
• Sometimes a topic will cover multiple thinkers
and concepts (for example, the topic Science
Fiction might include William Gibson, utopianism
and dystopianism etc)
Concepts and Thinkers weeks 2-5
Cyber Imaginaries and Sci-Fi Futures
Critical Imaginaries and the Techlash
Early Computing Cultures
Media Transformations in the Home
Choose a key thinker or concept from the lists in Weeks 2-5
Mind map reminders
Key thinker/concept
in middle
At least 3
levels
References
Main
Topic
APA 7th style
(Smith, 2018)
In-text references
required (in APA 7th style)500 words excluding references
Images
required
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Show relationships
using lines/nodes,
colour and design
Readings for Week 4: Early Computing Cultures
Ceruzzi, P.E. (2012) The Digital Age. Chapter 1
in Computing: A Concise History. The MIT Press.
Morais, B. (2013). Ada Lovelace, the first tech
visionary. The New Yorker (October 15).
Ceruzzi
Ada Lovelace
Image sources: Paul Ceruzzi https://www.computerhope.com/people/paul_ceruzzi.htm; Computing: A Concise History
https://www.amazon.com/Computing-Concise-History-Essential-Knowledge/dp/0262517671
Ada Lovelace https://codeclan.com/blog/inspirational-women-tech/; The New Yorker https://logos-download.com/11169-the-new-
yorker-logo-download.html
5. Exit Ticket
The Exit Ticket is on Canvas and
you can access it in Module 3.
Complete it and save your answers.
If you can’t access the Exit Ticket:
• Select the Canvas app on your
phone > go to the ARIN1001 site >
Week 3 module > Exit Ticket
• Try a different browser
EFT REMINDER:
• Please complete the Early
Feedback task by 11:59pm Friday
16th August!
Thank you
