Instructions for Collaborative Project #2

For this assignment, similar to Research Project #1, your group should formulate a critical question (see topic below), explore it in approx. 500 words, and compose a related annotated bibliography of research sources to support your analysis (2 sources per group member). Post your completed collaborative assignment in the "Research Projects #2: Analysis/Bibliography" discussion in WebX.

All electronic correspondence from TechLINC and from email relevant to this assignment should be posted in the "Research Projects #2: Transcripts" folder. After meeting/emailing, each group should create a discussion in this folder, title it with the appropriate group number, and post the correspondence.

TOPIC

Your topic/critical question should be an extension of the readings, films, and class discussions we've covered since Frankenstein, and specifically your project should explore issues related to "technology and identity formation/transformation." You may define "technology" in any way relevant to your research, and you do not have to limit your discussion to computer and information technologies. However, since the class discussion and assignments have been focused on cyberculture, you might want to consider computer, Internet, or high-tech information culture as a primary focal point for your research. If you consider this direction, you could explore issues concerning "virtual" vs. "real" identity for citizens/netizens in Internet culture. Or you could consider issues relating to technology and education and discuss the changing roles of students and teachers. If you choose not to limit your focus to computer culture, you could explore other media technologies (film, TV, video, photography), or discuss transportation, domestic, or non computer-mediated communication technologies and identify how such technologies change perceptions about personal and cultural identity.