Theory
Neuromancer
Ubik
Examples through history
Pop Culture
100
This is stated as the core reason for sparking social and cultural change
What is technology
100
Case's profession that is both respected and hated in the cyber culture
What is a hacker
100
This material encompasses all technology and protects Joe Chip in half-life
What is Ubik
100
1439 marks the year of the development of what monumental technological advance by Johannes Gutenburg
What is the printing press
100
Canadian philosopher credited with coining the phrase "the medium is the message"
Who is Marshall McLuhan
200
It is believed technological determinism expanded upon this initial school of thought
What is Marxism
200
This artifical intelligence provides funding and orders to Armitage and the crew
What is Wintermute
200
It is the social norm to use this device when nearing one's death to live on in fragments of communication
What is cold-pac
200
The printing press affected the trade system during this era in China
What is the Ming Dynasty
200
This media platform is changing the way political races are carried out
What is Twitter
300
This theory directly opposes technological determinism as what the main source of social and cultural change is
What is cultural determinism
300
This artificial intelligence wishes to maintain its singularity in accordance to the human laws
What is Neuromancer
300
With the advancement of technology less wealthy classes are able to travel to and colonize this location easier.
What is Luna
300
The "World-Wide Web" was created by this British computer scientist
Who is Sir Tim Berniers-Lee
300
This 1993 blockbuster uses prehistoric animals as a metaphor for technology
What is Jurassic Park
400
This general form of technology takes a more specific look at what is the source of social and cultural change.
What is media technology
400
This organization wrote laws and works to prevent AI's from exceeding their built-in limitations
What is the Turring Police
400
Joe Chip worries about this character's ability to regress time and the technology he depends upon
Who is Jory Miller
400
This 19th century philosophy, still continued today, rejects technology for its detrimental effects
Who is the Luddites
400
Technology, according to McLuhan, led to this mass media scientific method
What is the printing press
500
This man coined the term 'technological determinism'
Who is Thorstein Veblen
500
This military operation was the first use of hacking technology in war
What is Screaming Fist
500
Joe Chip's outburt against technology's influence on human values occurs in this unlikely location
What is a coffee shop
500
This powerful handheld device was first introduced in larger form in what year
What is 1973
500
School of thought that posits media determines culture
What is media determinism
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