| ID | 077543 |
| Title Proper | Rocky bottoms |
| Other Title Information | techno-fallacies of an age of information |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Marx, Gary T |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article uses a true fiction speech by Mr. Richard Rocky Bottoms to illustrate a number of background beliefs underlying contemporary perspectives on social control, borders and surveillance, and on technology more broadly. Rocky Bottoms exists only in the imagination, but the arguments he puts forth and the behavior he reflects are prevalent, and increasingly dominant, in the post-9/11 cultures of industrial nations. His speech is a composite of remarks, many of them direct quotes, that I have gathered as part of a research project on surveillance over several decades. The speech is critically analyzed in light of 38 techno-fallacies of the information age. The fallacies identified may involve empirical, logical, or value dimensions. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Political Sociology Vol. 1, No.1; Mar 2007: p83-110 |
| Journal Source | International Political Sociology Vol. 1, No.1; Mar 2007: p83-110 |
| Key Words | Information Technology ; Surveillance ; Border Security ; Imagination |