Timothy Black
Stories (6/0)
Technopoly
Critical Summary of Neil Postman’s Technopoly, The Surrender of Culture and Technology To think about a time where technology did not influence, or control societies actions or reactions is difficult to do unless asked the question of technologies history and hold on today’s society. In Ellul’s The Technological Society, technique was used as a totalitarian state’s method of controlling of populations and systems, but in Neil Postman’s assessment of technology, it is technology that is the totalitarian state that controls those who believe they are in control of the systems in place to regulate society. With each innovation of thought and machine, humanity seems devoid of meaning, by being reduced to numerical data and statistics. This is important to academic research because to answer many issues that plague society, the institutions of academia must observe that they may have been comprised by technology’s control of the way they think or ask questions. The continuous drive for efficiency and effectiveness in strategic communication, has been the author’s objective in writing critical summaries about technology, but now with Postman’s view of technology, that drive is a symptom of technology’s evolution.
By Timothy Black3 years ago in FYI
A Discussion
Introduction In reading the textbook by Littlejohn, Foss, and Oetzel (2017), and Ruddock (2017), there are theories about communications that apply to problems in society and culture strikingly relevant. Racial tensions in the United States are high, and many African Americans see the Justice System as an injustice control mechanism to protect the white establishment. A video from a minor's iPhone helped obtain a guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. This case and many others demonstrate the differences in American society and culture and how the media covers the incident—the media influences how specific audiences of different culture groups choose to react to societal problems. Government agencies also must work to maintain public trust in their institutions and strategic communications. The research that guides the process plays a vital role in maintaining that trust.
By Timothy Black3 years ago in FYI
Technological Society
Abstract This paper analyzes Jacques Ellul’s book The Technological Society and its relation to strategic military communication topics. The author addresses how Ellul's analysis of technology and technique play a role in contemporary strategic communication even though Ellul does not directly discuss strategic communication. Ellul's wide range of concepts goes into great detail to inform critical thinking and provides vast insight into how contemporary issues such as disinformation and technical aspects of military communication can be analyzed for future research.
By Timothy Black3 years ago in FYI
Weekend Liberty
It has been a month since he has seen his girlfriend and the idea of a six-hour drive, seemed like a walk in the park for him. As the clock ticks in his shop above his head, he eagerly waits for it to strike 4:30. The last hour of his shift at Combat Camera, he thinks of what he and Veronica are going to do this weekend. Hiking, and driving through Northern Arizona, cross his mind, but he is more than eager to kiss her and hold her tonight.
By Timothy Black3 years ago in Humans
The American Dream
Last year, when I visited my grandpa Stephen Pavelka, he was in his backyard carrying plywood and organizing his treasures for a weekend yard sale, in which he conducts every weekend, especially during the summer. He told me, he spends hours stripping wires to recycle the copper during the winter to make ends meet. He is a retired Army master sergeant who served in the Vietnam War. He is a short stocky man, but strong as an ox, and a role model for my work ethic. It is this drive that runs through my blood as well, it was the same blood that ran through the immigrants, and migrant workers that made America what it is today. Miguel is right when he says anyone can get ahead in America if they just work hard.
By Timothy Black3 years ago in Motivation