Assignment
Theme: The Myth of progress on the tech frontier: The Wild Wired West
Purpose: To develop a formal theme driven essay synthesizing the information on how technology has changed our lives and to address the myths therein.
Directions: Develop an essay addressing how the chosen authors see technology changing global human relations. Answer the question, "Do you think that "greater Connectivity" will necessarily make the world politically, culturally and economically a better place?
You may use outside sources to research this topic, alng with the compositions of choice from rereading text
MLA format
5 pages minimum
works cited page
Rereading comps
"Our Future selves" by Schmidt and Cohen (219)
"Cybersexism" By Penny (253)
"Growing up tethered" By Turtles (283).