2. What are the consequences of attributing agency to technology? How can these consequences be addressed? Provide an argument linked to at least two different theoretical perspectives.
I want the writer to use certain reference readings:
I would first outline the arguments of tech determinists who say that with technology such as mobiles and the internet, democracy will come and modernity will come
Reference readings:
the early work of Manuel Castells
Wilbur Schramm
Marc Prensky
Everett Rogers
You could use postcolonial theory and/or political economy scholarship to show that technology does NOT bring democracy
that the companies are still manipulating technology and markets
eg. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
You could discuss disinformation and misinformation