2. Attack of the Superzeroes
Or is the change in consciousness brought about by speed really a change in self consciousness?

3. Monday, 11 April 2005 9 a.m. - noon Tait MacKenzie Building, Main Gym
HUMA 2920 Final Exam
Monday, 11 April 2005
9 a.m. - noon
Tait MacKenzie Building, Main Gym

4. Exam format and instructions:
Three short answer and two essay questions
Answer ALL THREE short answer questions
Answer TWO of four available essay questions
Come on time with working pens and some form of photo identification
Do not turn over the exam until instructed to do so

5. Exam review - module listing:
Module 4 - Technological device and socio-cultural relations
Module 5 - Public sphere, social spaces, politics and IT
Module 6 - Meta/physics of techology

6. Questions about spectacle that we talked about:
What is spectacle ?
Why is it important?
Whose interests does it serve?
What do we learn from spectacles? How might they influence us?
Why should we be wary of them?

7. Debord’s hallmarks of spectacle
Hegemony becomes reality through simplicity and repetition
Distraction. Amuse, don’t challenge
Consumption is the only action
Public becomes private

8. Habermas’s theory of the public sphere:
Open to persons
Free of coercion
A place of free assembly and speech
An outlet for rational discussion and debate

9. A place where “private persons come together to form a public
A place where “private persons come together to form a public.” Who is a person? What is a public?

10. Characteristics of the panopticon
Prisoners are visible to those in charge, but invisible to each other
The constant possibility of surveillance takes the place of actual constant surveillance
Power is visible (represented) and unverifiable (you are being watched, but not sure when)

11. What technological fix does the panopticon offer for punishment?
First, to punish
Second, to train through disciplining us to participate in the larger panoptic world
Third, to use the panopticon to learn how to do 1 and 2 better
Fourth, by finally creating a mindset that ‘fits’ so that we regulate ourselves