Utopian and Dystopian Approaches to Technology and Communication Technologies: With The Examples of The Jetsons and Westworld
Abstract
Technology is undoubtedly a field and a pragmatist that is constantly evolving. It is being discussed particularly today that the technology that has built itself on the ongoing innovations or developments has also damages, such as benefits. Because every technological new development and innovation affects the field of communication, and communication technologies get fixed day by day. This situation has led to utopian and dystopic approaches to technology and communication technologies that are very important. Utopian and dystopic series which conduct a situational investigation and their increase, draw attention to the importance of this situation. It is important to emphasize the excessiveness of technology over artificial intelligence and even the questioning of the existence and the universe at Westworld, while many useful technological innovations seen in The Jetsons years ago are in everyday life today. The subject of this study is to discuss these approaches through examples. For this reason, the Westworld series, a dystopic example and The Jetsons cartoon, a utopian example of the study, will be examined to analyze relevant approaches.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Communication and Media Studies
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Ceren Yegen
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0000-0001-9582-0711
Türkiye
Publication Date
July 11, 2018
Submission Date
April 24, 2018
Acceptance Date
July 4, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 17 Number: 3
Cited By
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Jurnal Studi Komunikasi (Indonesian Journal of Communications Studies)
https://doi.org/10.25139/jsk.v6i3.5077