Lecture Eight

What is the main theory presented by Stuart Hall in "The Whites of Their Eyes" (1995)?

Media messages are produced, disseminated, and interpreted through a negotiation between sender, text, and receiver.

What process do we undergo when interpreting media messages, according to Stuart Hall?

We encode messages with value and decode them by interpreting those values.

What are the three ways we come to know information?

1. Discover it ourselves 2. Absorb it implicitly 3. Told it explicitly.

According to the notes, what is expertise?

A social judgment that is often relative and focused in a specific area.

What challenges do algorithms present in knowledge production?

Bias and the consequences of how technology defines our behavior.

What issue did Joy Buolamwini encounter with facial recognition technology?

Dark-skinned individuals were not recognized, revealing biases in the data.

What is the definition of technology according to Franklin (1921-2016)?

Technology involves organization, producers, symbols, new words, equations, and a mindset.

What are the two types of technology mentioned in the notes?

Holistic technology and prescriptive technology.

How has private equity influenced education technology according to the lecture notes?

Private equity firms can access grades and plagiarism scores, impacting the learning environment.

What historical context is mentioned regarding the development of technology?

Technologies were prefigured on the plantation to control enslaved people.