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Social Control Discussion
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Discussion Prompt (The entire post must be within 200-300 words)
- The total word count should be at least 200 words and no more than 300 words. Aim to be clear and concise. There are no research projects in this course. The assigned reading and podcasts are the common ground for this discussion.
- Respond to all prompt questions below. Support your reasoning using only examples from the assigned reading this week. Be sure to explain any quotations in your own words. When citing evidence, use in-text citations: include the author’s name and the page number. For example, “quotation from the assigned reading” (Marcuse page#).
- CONTEXT: Marcuse argues that technology in advanced industrial societies tends to be used for social control, maintaining the values and goals of the political and economic elites and producing a totalitarian society. Recall this key passage from the Marcuse reading about the difference between “terroristic” and “non-terroristic” forms of totalitarian social control:
- “By virtue of the way it has organized its technological base, contemporary industrial society tends to be totalitarian. For ‘‘totalitarian’’ is not only a terroristic political coordination of society, but also a non-terroristic economic-technical coordination which operates through the manipulation of needs by vested interests. It thus precludes the emergence of an effective opposition against the whole. Not only a specific form of government or party rule makes for totalitarianism, but also a specific system of production and distribution which may well be compatible with a ‘‘pluralism’’ of parties, newspapers, ‘‘countervailing powers,’’ et cetera” (35). [it is highly recommended to reread the first three pages of the Marcuse reading Download Marcuse reading]
- PROMPT: How might generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT or “deep fake” videos) be used for what Marcuse calls the “terroristic” and “non-terroristic” forms of totalitarian social control. (Be sure to explain one example for the “terroristic” variety and one example for the “non-terroristic” variety and be sure to explain why your examples are either the “terroristic” or “non-terroristic” forms of totalitarian social control).
- Provide clear and specific examples to support your reasoning. Demonstrate your understanding of the text through your application of Marcuse’s ideas to this generative AI example. The application to real-world issues is the critical thinking step
- PROMPT: How might generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT or “deep fake” videos) be used for what Marcuse calls the “terroristic” and “non-terroristic” forms of totalitarian social control. (Be sure to explain one example for the “terroristic” variety and one example for the “non-terroristic” variety and be sure to explain why your examples are either the “terroristic” or “non-terroristic” forms of totalitarian social control).
- “By virtue of the way it has organized its technological base, contemporary industrial society tends to be totalitarian. For ‘‘totalitarian’’ is not only a terroristic political coordination of society, but also a non-terroristic economic-technical coordination which operates through the manipulation of needs by vested interests. It thus precludes the emergence of an effective opposition against the whole. Not only a specific form of government or party rule makes for totalitarianism, but also a specific system of production and distribution which may well be compatible with a ‘‘pluralism’’ of parties, newspapers, ‘‘countervailing powers,’’ et cetera” (35). [it is highly recommended to reread the first three pages of the Marcuse reading Download Marcuse reading]