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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Critical Theory of Technology"”.
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Understanding the development of professional social responsibility among computing students from the perspectives of the critical theory of technology
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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Concretizing Sustainable Worlds: Environmentalism as a Politics of Technological Transformation
Andrew Feenberg, a philosopher of technology, argues for a democratic rationalization of technology, whereby subjugated actors intervene in the design process to achieve their interests. He claims that environmentalism represents one of the greatest opportunities for this kind of intervention. His …
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Instrumentalization in the Public Smart Bikeshare Sector
… within the design process against a backdrop of increasing neoliberalism and technocracy. This is investigated by means of a comparative study of smart public bikeshare schemes in Dublin, Ireland and Hamilton, Canada. These schemes are configured and systemized using a variety of technical and …
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The True and Only Technic: Technological Ubiquity and its Critics, Heretics, and Zealots
… This analysis seeks to explicate the nature of such responses, as well as to explore their contemporary form and elucidate what those presently publishing might offer as programs toward the future. In order to do this, what follows is broken up into a series of sections, each focused on what …
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Günther Anders’ Theory of Media and Communication: Developing a Conception of Technological Domination, Alienation and Ideology with Marx beyond Marx
… Anders (1902-1992), whose work is unique for its critical focus on technology. Anders studied under Husserl and Heidegger and was Hannah Arendt’s first husband. He also knew members of the Frankfurt School such as Marcuse and Adorno. However, he gained little notoriety during most of his life and …
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Technology enhanced learning innovation, TEQSA threshold standards and Australian higher education : a developmental phenomenographic study of educational designer's understandings and experiences
… (EDs’) understandings and experiences of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) innovation both generally, and whilst working under TEQSA Threshold Standards (TS), were investigated with the aim of illuminating how TEL innovation is shaped within Australian Higher Education (HE) contexts. I …
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Responsible AI : the praxis of AI and data protection management : negotiating innovation and FAT principles
The increasing deployment of Artificial Intelligence applications has sparked a debate on its possible uses and potential problems, and many questions on the protection of personal data have emerged. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposed new requirements for organisations handling …
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The Purple Movement: Social Media and Activism in Berlusconi’s Italy
… assesses the relationship between the use of Facebook and the development of social movements throughout their life cycle by focusing on the case study of Popolo Viola. On 5th December, 2009, hundreds of thousands of Italian citizens took to the streets of Rome to say ‘no’ to the politics …
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The impact of using social networking sites on academic relations and student learning in University setting
This study investigates academic relations of educators, tutors, and students in university settings. Academic relations refer to the controlling and productive relations of power that operate at both societal and interpersonal level between academic actors and through them, knowledge is produced …