Discussion 1

Referencing the Learning Resources for this week, choose a question in the research project list and answer it in relation to an issue in literature and technology.

• What is it?
• Why did you choose it?
• At this point, very briefly state what you think the answers to the six questions below will be? Why? 
  1. What is the problem for which this technology is the solution?
  2. Whose problem is it?
  3. Which people and what institutions might be most seriously harmed by a technological solution?
  4. What new problems might be created because we have solved this problem?
  5. What sort of people and institutions might acquire special economic and political power because of technological change?
  6. What changes in language are being enforced by new technologies, and what is being gained and lost by such changes?
• What steps will you take to answer the questions?
• What obstacles (if any) do you see in your way to answering the questions?

Please hand in a list of these questions with your answers in complete sentences that use conventional written English. You should write around 300-500 words, not counting the questions. 

Due Date for Part 1: This submission is due during Week 2, with the final day of submission being the Tuesday of the two week (11:30pm ET). Please see the Course Schedule for the exact final due date for this submission.