I believe my argument for my figurative language assignment will revolve around the constricting limitations of technological materialism in America. In my mind, while the technology currently in place has helped bring us closer together, I believe it has simultaneously made us prisoners to it’s own moral limitations. I am interested in the topic, because I view myself as somewhat of a nonconformist to many social norms that are commonplace in our society. I plan on using a variety of different images to inspect just what it is that defines our culture as a materialistic society. Potential images include internet search engines such as Google and social networking outlets like Facebook. Other non-computer technological innovations will also be used to help support my thesis. I am tinkering with the idea of exploring the domineering role of technology in society and our relationship to it as agents of it’s potential.
March 26, 2008 at 12:34 am |
Since the idea of technology in society is a large topic, you’ll want to narrow your argument. Are you saying that our society gives more credit to technologies than it should? Are you saying that networking outlets like Facebook actually cut us off from one another? I think you have an interesting idea, but will need to focus it a bit.