11 Resources and References

Newsletters

These are free publications, distributed by e-mail, some as often as once-a-day. Content varies, and not everything may be relevant to your purposes.

• Box of Amazing
• Dense Discovery
• Future Tense Slate
• TechCrunch
• TechStream from Brookings
• The Hustle
• Publications such as The New York Times and Washington Post offer newsletters on technology and many other topics to their subscribers. Also see, “Top Ten Technology Newsletters”

Podcasts

• Analog(ue)
• Brookings, TechTank
• The Culture & Technology Podcast
• MarsPod | How AI is Changing Society
• Media, Technology & Culture
• Slate, What’s Next: TBD

Non-Fiction Publications

• 15 robot movies & A.I. series to Binge-Watch now. (n.d.). Spyscape. https://spyscape.com/article/sci-fi-classics-must-watch-robot-movies-to-stream-right-now
• Austen, R. A., & Headrick, D. (1983). The Role of Technology in the African past. African Studies Review, 26(3/4), 163–184. https://doi.org/10.2307/524168
• Bartneck C, Nomura T, Kanda T, Suzuki T, Kennsuke K (2005). A cross-cultural study on attitudes towards robots. Las Vegas, NV, USA: HCI International. 2005. Proceedings of the HCI International. 10.
• Beauvais, J. (2021, February 9). Star trek: The 10 most dangerous A.I. the original enterprise faced, ranked,. Screenrant. https://screenrant.com/star-trek-original-enterprise-most-dangerous-ai-enemies/
• Calvert, B. (2017). Being bionic: The world of TV cyborgs. Bloomsbury.
• Cave, S., Craig, C., Dihal, K., Dillon, S., Montgomery, J., Singler, B., & Taylor, L. (2018). Portrayals and Perceptions of AI and Why They Matter. The Royal Society. https://royalsociety.org/~/media/policy/projects/ai-narratives/AI-narratives-workshop-findings.pdf
• Chaharbaghi, K., & Willis, R. (2000). The technology, mythology and economy of technology. Management Decision, 38(6), 394–402. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740010344577
• Cherry, M. A. (2021, January 15). The Future Encyclopedia of Luddism. Https://Thereader.Mitpress.Mit.Edu/the-Future-Encyclopedia-of-Luddism/. https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-future-encyclopedia-of-luddism/)
• Cormick, C. (2019). Public attitudes toward new technologies: Our post-truth, post-trust, post-expert world demands a deeper understanding of the factors that drive public attitudes. Science Progress, 161–170. https://doi.org/10.1177/0036850419851350
• Dafoe, A. (2015). On Technological Determinism: A Typology, Scope Conditions, and a Mechanism. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 40(6), 1047–1076. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243915579283
• Dinello, D. (2013) Technophobia!: science fiction visions of posthuman technology. University of Texas Press
• Drew, C., PhD. (2021, October 29). Technological Determinism Theory (5 Examples, Pros & Cons). Helpful Professor. https://helpfulprofessor.com/technological-determinism-theory/
• Fink, C. (2017, December 29). Pop Culture Predicts The Future of Tech. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2017/12/29/pop-culture-predicts-the-future-of-tech/?sh=2c3e86c62c3a
• Ford, M. (2021) Rule of the robots: how artificial intelligence will transform everything.  Basic Books.
• Gilliland, E. (2016, August 29). The 10 best movies about humanity’s relationship with technology. Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists. http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/the-10-best-movies-about-humanitys-relationship-with-technology/
• Grant, A. J., & Skovira, R. J. (2008). Technology and culture: Five orthodoxies. Issues In Information Systems. https://doi.org/10.48009/2_iis_2008_205-210
• Handlin, O. (1965). Science and Technology in Popular Culture. Daedalus, 94(1), 156–170. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20026900
• Haring, K. S., Mougenot, C., Ono, F., & Watanabe, K. (2014). Cultural differences in perception and attitude towards robots. International Journal of Affective Engineering, 13(3), 149–157. https://doi.org/10.5057/ijae.13.149
• Heffernan, V. (2022, February18). The history—and disturbing resurrection—of black androids, Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/history-disturbing-resurrection-black-androids/
• Hogan, M. (2020, October 20). The top 20 artificial intelligence films – in pictures. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2015/jan/08/the-top-20-artificial-intelligence-films-in-pictures
• How culture determines technological development. (2018, June 28). OpenMind. https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/humanities/culture/how-culture-determines-technological-development/
• Johnston S. F. (2018). Alvin weinberg and the promotion of the technological fix. Technology and culture, 59(3), 620–651. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2018.0061
• Jolley, D., & Paterson, J. L. (2020). Pylons ablaze: Examining the role of 5G COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs and support for violence. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(3), 628–640. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12394
• Katovich, M. A., & Kinkade, P. T. (1993). The stories told in science fiction and social science: Reading the thing and other remakes from two eras. The Sociological Quarterly, 34(4), 619–637. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1993.tb00109.x
• Kirby, D. A. (2014). Science and technology in film: Themes and representations. In M. Bucci & B. Trench (Eds.), Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology (2nd ed., pp. 97–112). Routledge.
• Kline, R.R. (2001). Technological determinism. In Smelser, N. J., & Baltes, P. B. (Eds) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (1st ed., pp. 15495–15498). Pergamon. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/technological-determinism
• Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and University of Cambridge, (2021). Global AI narratives. https://www.ainarratives.com/
• Levy, S. (2021, January 5). A 25-Year-Old bet comes due: Has tech destroyed society? Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/a-25-year-old-bet-comes-due-has-tech-destroyed-society/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Classics_012922&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Classics_012922&bxid=5c746f732ddf9c39973a3ece&cndid=8855771&esrc=bounceX&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_ENGAGEMENT_ZZ&utm_term=WIR_Daily_TopClickers
• Marsh, J., Brooks, G., Hughes, J., Ritchie, L., Roberts, S., & Wright, K. (2005). # Digital beginnings: Young children’s use of popular culture, media and new technologies.
• Maynard, A. (2019, October 11). Twelve science fiction movies with something to say about ethical technology innovation. Medium. https://medium.com/edge-of-innovation/12-sci-fi-movies-with-something-to-say-about-emerging-technologies-dd0918c11e02
• Mayor, A. (2018). Gods and robots: Myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology. Princeton University Press.
• Also see Dr. Mayor’s lecture  at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASIAlToJMbQ
• Milakovic, R. (2021, March 11). 50 best robot movies and TV shows of all time. Fiction Horizon. https://fictionhorizon.com/best-robot-movies-and-tv-shows/
• Murphie, A., & Potts, J. (2017). Culture and technology. Macmillan International Higher Education.
• Newport, C. (2019, September 18). The myth of technophobia. Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/weve-never-feared-tech-as-much-as-we-think-we-have/
• Oelschlaeger, M. (1979). The myth of the technological fix. Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, 10(1), 43–53. https://doi.org/10.5840/swjphil19791014
• Ostroff, D. H. (1983). A history of STV, inc. and the 1964 California vote against pay television. Journal of Broadcasting, 27(4), 371–386. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838158309386503
• Parkinson, H. J. (2017, February 21). The good, the bad and the ugly: Technology immortalised in film. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/07/technology-immortalised-in-film
• Patin, K. (2021, November 28). From mythology to machine learning, a history of artificial intelligence. Coda Story. https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/history-artificial-intelligence/
• Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition (5th ed.). Free Press.
• Rosner, L. (2004). The technological fix. Routledge.
• Sale, K. (1996). Rebels against the future: The luddites and their war on the industrial revolution: Lessons for the computer age (1st ed.). Basic Books.
• Selby, C. C. (1993). Technology: From Myths to Realities. The Phi Delta Kappan, 74(9), 684–689. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20404972
• Self, J. (2021, March 3). The frankenstein’s monsters of the 21st century. BBC Culture. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210303-what-is-the-frankensteins-monster-of-the-21st-century
• Srite, M., & Karahanna, E. (2006). The Role of Espoused National Cultural Values in Technology Acceptance. MIS Quarterly, 30(3), 679–704. https://doi.org/10.2307/25148745
• Straub, D., Keil, M., & Brenner, W. (1997). Testing the technology acceptance model across cultures: A three country study. Information & Management, 33(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-7206(97)00026-8
• Tesoro, P. (2021, May 26). Marrying the monster: Apocalyptic and utopian impulses in 1950s Sci-Fi cinema. We Are the Mutants. https://wearethemutants.com/2021/05/26/marrying-the-monster-apocalyptic-and-utopian-impulses-in-1950s-sci-fi-cinema/
• Walter, J. (2020, October 26). There’s more to technophobia than the fear of technology. Discover Magazine. https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/theres-more-to-technophobia-than-the-fear-of-technology