| Description |
ix, 119 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Counterpoints : studies in the postmodern theory of education, 1058-1634 ; vol. 469 |
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Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.). 1058-1634 ; v. 469
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The cultural non-neutrality of the digital revolution and the deepening ecological crisis -- The digital differences between community-centered and profit driven corporate capitalism -- Why cultures cannot be reduced to information and data -- How the digital revolution contributes to the colonization of other cultures and increases the threat of terrorism -- Educational reforms that address the misuses of digital technologies, and the silences within the computer science community |
| Summary |
The False Promises of the Digital Revolution examines what currently goes largely unnoticed because of the many important uses of digital technologies. While many people interpret digital technologies as accelerating the global rate of progress, C. A. Bowers focuses attention on how they reinforce the deep and ecologically problematic cultural assumptions of the West: the myth of progress, the substitution of data for different cultural traditions of wisdom, the connections between print and abstract thinking, the myth of individual autonomy, the conduit view of language that hides how words (metaphors) reproduce earlier misconceptions, and a Social Darwinian justification for colonizing other cultures that is now leading to armed resistance - which, in turn, strengthens the ties between corporations, the military, and the computer science industry. The book also investigates how to understand the cultural non-neutrality of digital technologies; how print and the emphasis on data undermine awareness of the tacit information pathways between cultural and natural ecologies; and how to identify educational reforms that will contribute to a more informed public about the uses of digital technologies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also published electronically |
| Subject |
Digital media -- Social aspects.
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Education -- Social aspects.
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Information technology -- Environmental aspects.
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Information technology -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2013046513 |
| ISBN |
9781433126123 (paperback) |
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9781433126130 (hardcover) |
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(ebook) |
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