System 44

“Technology is beginning to mediate our social relationships, or self-identities and our wider sense of social life to an extent we are only just beginning to grasp. The portable telephone, the portable fax, the notepad computer and various other forms of electronic/human augmentation have become ‘essential’ for social life in the ‘densely networked centres of the global cities’ and, increasingly, beyond.” (Featherstone & Burrows, 13).

NOTE: This article is written at a college level.  It is a teacher resource that provides background and points to ponder, rather than an article to be read by students.