The story technology matters by David Nye uses sources from other authors, but also explains key ideas through examples from movies. In Chapter eleven on page 218 Nye talks about a movie called “Wag the Dog” where a president creates a fake conflict overseas to help keep him remain in office after a sex scandal. The president in the movie uses fake media that was made in a studio to help make the conflict seem real to the average American citizen. Nye also uses the movie “The Net” in his book, which is a story about a corporate software company that is able to hack into peoples “medical records, police files, and bank accounts” to falsify data and ruin people’s lives. After a programmer figures out what’s happening, the corporation ruins her records and makes her seem like a drug addicted prostitute felon who is wanted by police. The programmer, who is intelligent enough to fight back, proves her real identity and defeats the corporation by exposing evidence. The story may seem impossible to some people, but as the corporate world controls more and more of our country and decisions, the possibility is not so far fetched but the outcome of the woman is much less likely to end so happy.
David Nye uses the ideas behind these movies to help point out to his readers that we do not live in a perfect world. Nye helps to show how dangerous technology can be if it is in the wrong hands and also used for the wrong reasons. When Nye uses a movie as a real life possibility it helps to create a sense of realization that these types of scandals could actually be happening.
These types of situations that Nye explores through the movies “Wag the Dog” and “The Net” help to bring a new aspect into something like my final research paper. When writing my first papers I focused more on an idea similar to “Wag the Dog.” Which was that the government could use certain scenarios to trick the public into supporting a war. “Wag the Dog is a perfect example of this and will help to confirm that point in my final research paper, but the movie “The Net” brings a different and important topic to the table. “The Net” shows how our rights and freedoms can be stripped from us through technology. Things like wire tapping could be a very important subject in today’s world that this movie could help relate to.
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I thought you did a good job at giving the reader enough detail so they understand what the two sources you used were about. I was able to understand what both sources were saying about technology and why Nye was using these sources in his book.
ReplyDeleteI also really liked that you discussed your previous papers and how your opinions about technology were similar to the opinions in the sources you used. Additionally, I liked that you told the readers what you got out of the sources and what new thoughts you were able to gain from those sources that Nye used in his book.
I thought the paper was kind of short. That was the only thing that I didn't like. You seem to have a good start and good information, but have a shorter paper. I think if you write a little more detail or more information, it could turn out to be a great paper.
good work!
Good start. The essay has a nice flow to it. I liked the introduction. It gives the reader a good idea of how Nye writes in Technology Matters and the sources he uses in his book.
ReplyDeleteThe detail and background information given was good. It is easy to understand and it shows what the movie is about and why nye used the sources he did.
Just add more background and explanation to make it longer.
Solid rough draft. You connect your sources to Nyes argument well but I think you should also talk about how they possibly hurt his argument. Does the fictional world of Hollywood hurt Nye compared to using acedemic sources? Also, at the end of your paper you bring up wire tapping, expand on that because thats a great real world example and I think you could get a lot out of good text out of it. Again, nice job just try to comment more on how Nye uses his sources to back up his arguments.
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