This dissertation explores how the relationship between individuals, society, and communication technologies is represented in television narratives and their overflow. My choice in using television as my media case study stems from the assumption that analysis of popular culture and television highlight the significance of everyday life. The selected programs offer a view into attitudes that are in circulation about how individuals and society are being affected by technology. In this project, I identify four primary emphases in television's presentation of the Internet and communications technologies: gender, generation gaps, security and privacy, and the impact of the virtual on the physical realm. These areas form the basis for each chapter of the dissertation. Chapter one begins with the idea that we are now living in a new age. It then explores media and scholarly considerations of how digital technology and the virtual have impacted activities based in the physical realm. This chapter seeks to illuminate what value is attributed to face-to-face communication and activities versus those of the virtual as well as to understand if these same concerns are expressed in television narratives. Chapter two explores how gender has been constructed in relation to technology. The third chapter addresses how television representations of generation gaps function to narrate the impact technology has made on the dynamic between digital natives and those who learned--or are learning--to navigate the innovations of the digital era later in life. The final chapter addresses how debates about privacy, freedom, and security have been actively incorporated into television narratives. / A Dissertation submitted to the Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2014. / February 3, 2014. / Digital Age, Representation, Technology, Television / Includes bibliographical references. / Leigh H. Edwards, Professor Directing Dissertation; Kathleen M. Erndl, University Representative; Jennifer Proffitt, Committee Member; Kathleen Yancey, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Puiattiy, Valerie (authoraut), Edwards, Leigh H. (professor directing dissertation), Erndl, Kathleen M. (university representative), Proffitt, Jennifer (committee member), Yancey, Kathleen (committee member), Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
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