Does technology bring us a differentiated or a standardized world?

1. Diversity Or Similarity Does technology bring us a differentiated or a standardized world? Pei-chieh Chen

2. “ advanced technologies are homogenizing the world, dissolving distinctive cultures into a global system” and “ advanced technologies are driving society toward more choices and greater difference” By David E. Nye

4. “ by the end of twentieth century, people in highly technological societies preferred to maximize differentiation” By David E. Nye

7. Thank you for listening. Questions? Reference: Benkler, Y. (2006). The wealth of networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press. Fidler, R. (1998). Mediamorphosis; Understanding New Media. JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY. 75 (1), 216-217. Nye, D. E. (2006). Technology and the Production of Difference. AMERICAN QUARTERLY – MINNEAPOLIS-. 58 (3), 597-618. Image sources: Slide 2: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/ Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/82757070@N00/2161956415/ Slide 4: http://michael.hightechproductmanagement.com/20060307.jpg Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/charminglybohemian/2702036326/ By Pei-chieh Chen COM546