13/09/13 Non Fiction: Foucault and social media: life in a virtual panopticon article

[Mr. Hendrick]

Todays tasks:

1. Read ‘Foucault and social media: life in a virtual panopticon’

2. Add any new vocab or phrases to your document.

3. Write four questions in the style of a IGCSE unit 1 exam.

3. Continue reading ‘Catcher in the Rye.’

4. Extension: read parts 2 and 3 of article.

**Post new vocab and the 4 questions as a reply in this topic.

Prep: Write a blog post on the article and social media. (What points you thought were interesting/relevant to you etc.)

[Michael Calvey]

Questions:

1. How does the writer use language to help create a feeling of dread while reading the article?

2. What have you learnt about social media through this article?

3. How does the writer portray social media sites?

4. Explain why you agree or disagree with this article.

[Mr. Hendrick]

Michael, look at the question paper again from yesterday and see if your question format is the same.

[Sebastian Maxwell]

1. What can we learn about the Foucaultian perspective from reading this article?

2. What is the Panopticon, and why would it be so successful?

3. Why do we feel the need to share our experiences with the 'crowd'?

4. How can we compare Panopticon to the social network of today, and how does it then bend our society?

[Lewis Symonds]

What is the main purpose of social media today?

From the passage what can we learn about the modern average social media user?

What techniques does the author use to portray social media sites?

From reading this passage how similar do you think Foucault's idea of social conditioning is to modern social media?

[Alexandra Russell]

1) What have you learned about Bentham’s Panopticon from this passage? (6 marks)

2) What do we learn about the modern psyche (or character) regarding the use of social sharing? (6 marks)

3) How does the writer convey the immediacy and self-affirmation connoted with social media? (6 marks)

4) Why is this article classed as relevant to Foucault’s reasoning? (7 marks)

[Chibi Auerbach]

1. What have you learnt about how social media affects us?

2. How has the author conveyed social media in a negative light?

3. What have you learnt about the character of the author from reading this article?

4. Explain why the article is entitled: Life in a Vertical Panopticon.

[Harry Verden]

1. what theories did Foucault have?

2. from the writers use of language what do you think are his thoughts are on social media?

3. what now are your thoughts on social media?

4. why do you think the panopticon is an effective? if you disagree with this statement provide a solid argument.

[bowcocw]

1.) what have you learnt about the importance of social media in our culture today?

2.) what is your opinion of Focaults social media ideology?

3.) in what way has the author portrayed social media in a negative fashion?

4.) in what way, If any, does Focaults notion regarding social media relate to the modern way.

[listd]

QUestiOns::

1) What does the writer tell us about social media?

2) What does this article tell us about Foucault's character?

3) Does Foucault imply that social media dominates a lot of our lives?

4) What emotions come across when reading this article?

[Matthew Bailey]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fQI2x8CcxgCpMoV2mzMVEQq6rmruYB2K4NP3_wgMBWE/edit?usp=sharing

[zoe weingarten]

New vocabulary: panopticon, subjectivation

Questions:

1. How does the writer compare social media to a prison?

2. What new information about social media have you learnt?

3. How does the author show that he as a negative opinion about social media?

4. What were Foucault's theories, and how to they relate to the article?

[Eliza Cudmore]

1. What have you learned about Bentham's Panopticon from this passage? 

2. How does the writer convey social networking in a positive way? 

3. What have you learnt about the writers views on social networking?

4. Explain why you think social networking is a virtual panopticon.   

 

[Jessica Gadd]

1.    Describe how Bentham’s Panopticon is used to affect behavior.

2.    How does the writer create an image of social media in the modern lifestyle?

3.    What have you learnt about the psychological impact of social media from a Foucaultian perspective?

4.    “Social Media is a mechanism to seek the approval of others”. Do you agree with this statement? You should refer to the passage to support your argument.

[Jonny Laxton]

1. What can you learn about the panopticon from the passage?
2. How does the writer explore the implications of social media?
3. What are the writers views on the uses of social media?
4. Discuss and explain what is meant by a 'virtual panopticon'.

[novisc]

 Questions:

1. How does the author use an 'everyday' scenario to analyse the interpersonal role of social media in paragraph 1?

2. How does the author use Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon to investigate the effects of social media?

3. What does the Panopticon model signify psychologically in reference to question 2?

4. Do you agree with the author's conclusion? Refer to your past answers.

[Cotters]

1. What have you learnt about Foucaults Panopticon from reading the article?

2. How does the writer convey social media in his writing?

3. What have you learnt about the nature of the human psyche from this article?

4. Discuss your thoughts about; Foucoults Panopticon being synonymous to social media.

[Gabriella Farah]

Vocabulary:

incisive: intelligently analytical and clear thinking.

existential: relating to existence

What do you think is meant by the phrase '‘I sent this – it is part of my work. You shall know me by my works’."

Explain the concept of the Panopticon and how it relates to the way we act on social media.

Would you say that the writer's opinion on social media is a positive or negative one? Why?

How does the writer succeed in effectively showing us how much we use social media websites every day?

[Alberto TG]

1. What have we learned about social media from reading this passage?

2. How does the writer portray social media in a negative way?

3.What have you learned about the writers point on view of social media?

4. Explain your views on social media and if your view on the writers idea of a 'crowd'

[Tom Probert]

1. Discuss the theories that Foucault had

2. Using example of the author's language how did the author convey his views on social media

3. After reading the passage, what would be your views on social media

4. Explain why you think social media and social networking is regarded as a 'virtual panopticon'

[jack ingall]

- what have you learnt about how we are effect by social media?

- from reading this article, where do you think Foucault's opinion of social media stands? 

- what have you learnt about the authors opinion of social media?

- after reading this article, explain how you feel about social media, using evidence from the text.