Ambivalence to Technology in Jeunet’s Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain

Moore, Rick Clifton

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“…“In the end, technology is merely a tool, open to both noble and nefarious purposes”, argues Diamond (2012, p. 5). According to Moore (2006, p. 11), 64 technological ambivalence is related to the fact “each time we take a step to make our world more efficient and productive, we also take a step toward a world in which we ourselves are a smaller and smaller part of a massive machine”. The North American philosopher Noam Chomsky 65 said: “technology is basically neutral.…”

Section: An Ambivalent Layer: Tor Network and Polarizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An onion with layers of hope and fear: A cross‐case analysis of the media representation of Tor Network reflecting theoretical perspectives of new technologies

Sarda

2023

Security and Privacy

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The Onion Router (Tor) is a sophisticated web browser accompanied by an encrypted network that enables online anonymity, protecting people's privacy. Adopted by many as a counter-surveillance mitigation around the world, legitimate users of Tor include the military, journalists, whistle-blowers, and citizens from authoritarian regimes. This article shows that the data protection offered by Tor is consistently associated to criminal and anti-social uses by the media.This research looks at the British press representation of Tor conducting a thematic analysis of articles published by six newspapers between 2008 and 2017. This analysis connects the press coverage to three theoretical approaches: moral panics, technological ambivalence, and liberation technology. This research demonstrates through three case studies that the media reproduces theoretical discussions about new technologies on Tor's portrayal, presenting cases with only positive, only negatives and both positive and negative uses. However, examples of optimistic views of Tor are rare, and the press coverage focuses mainly on the criminal uses, especially crypto markets and child pornography. Overall, the British press ignores a culture of surveillance and spreads a discourse of fear through a recurrent connection of Tor to horrifying uses, undermining any potential positive outcomes.

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Section: An Ambivalent Layer: Tor Network and Polarizationmentioning

confidence: 99%