Technoculture as risk

1. Name: Joshi Tejasvi A
Course: M. A. Sem 02
Roll no. 21
Paper no. 08 (cultural Study)
Topic: Techno culture as a risk
Submitted to: Department of English. M.K.B.U.
University Bhavnagar.

2.  Ulrich Beck(1994- Jan.2015)
 He was a well known German
sociologist, and one of the most
cited social scientists in the world
during his lifetime.
 His work focused on questions of
uncontrollability, ignorance and uncertainty in
the modern age, and he coined the terms “risk
society” and “second Modernity” or “reflexive
Modernization”.

3.  Definition:- According to British sociologist
Anthony Giddens, a risk society is “ a society
increasingly preoccupied with the future,
which generates the notion of risk,” whilst the
German sociologist Ulrich Beck defines it as "a
systematic way of dealing with hazards and
insecurities induced and introduced by
modernization itself”.
 Beck says that such warnings
are given by government and
science but Van Loon argues
about commerce also.

4.  such events play in culture. One of the most
influential of such theories is that of Risk
society.
 PC : NOTICE that both risks and solution are
embedded in the same system.
 • Do you see the use of technology as risky,
and that same technology asks you to buy
more perfection to avoid risks?
 Risk: ‘ Virus’, “ illegal operation’,
‘corruption of hard disc and so on.
 Solution: contact the help centre, download
anti- virus, update your PC etc

5.  We live in increasingly TECHNOCULTURE in
everyday life Everyday life Shopping to
Education depends heavily on technolosized
world.
 Everyday life is vulnerable to technological
threats, and these threats- real or imagined,
such as Weapons of mass destruction
Technological threats These threats are
solved using more attack, other terrorist
attack technological systems and machines,
which in turn generates more risks.

7. ‘The body does not lie’: Identity, risk and trust in
Technoculture
Author: K. F. Aas.
Abstract
The article suggests that surveillance of the body is gradually
becoming a major source of identification, as well as a
vital element of late- modern mechanisms of social
exclusion.
The increasing demand for technological verification of
identity is a result of intricate connections between our
nations of the self, order, efficiency and security. Behind
the growing acceptance of these new technologies, such as
biometric passports, biometric ID cards, drug testing, and
DNA databases, are fears connected to those who may
have a ‘stolen identity’, are unidentified, or ‘identity-
less’, such as potentially fraudulent welfare recipients,
‘identity thieves’, terrorists, immigrants and asylum
seekers.

8.  Bodies become ‘coded’ and function as
‘password’. This form of identification is
particularly relevant since its mode of
operation enables identification and denial
of access at-a-distance, thus fitting perfectly
into the contemporary modes of disembodied
global governance.

9.  Tips
 Use strong passwords
 Use antivirus software
 Use care when opening
attachments
 Be careful clicking
unsolicited links
 Never reply to any message of email that asks
for your PID, password, account information, or
anything else that would be considered sensitive
 Never share your password with anyone
 Stay current on awareness issues and take
opportunities to receive security training

10.  http://cmc.sagepub.com/content/2/2/143.a
bstract
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminat
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