Social Media And Global Computing New Media and New Technologies

Determining or Determined Do media technologies have the power to transform cultures? Or, are they just dumb tools, pieces of kit which reflect a society’s or a culture’s values and needs. In short, are ‘media’ determined or determining? As our media and communication technologies become more complex, powerful and pervasive, even intelligent and self-organizing, this is an ever more important question and debate. You need to be able to see the issue from both sides, so try and make a case from both sides of the debate.