Technology, Consciousness, and the Transitional Symbolic Self
Implications for Social Work Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12780904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Liechty (0000-0002-4535-2013, Illinois State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 342-355 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Teaching in Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1540-7349 • E-ISSN: 0884-1233 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08841233.2012.705242 |
| OpenAlex | W1983107019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
A growing body of literature is focused on hypertechnology in curriculum and culture. This article contributes to that literature. Taking the perspective of social work education that human reality emerges from the interaction of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural forces, the reader is invited to consider the possibility that in this generation of students we may be experiencing an historic shift in consciousness and a genuine intellectual rift between the generations. If, as is suggested by important segments of the literature, styles of symbolic self-consciousness are formed and contoured by evolving communications technology, we might expect that a reading-based style of symbolic self-consciousness will differ significantly from a style of self-consciousness formed by the rapid dissemination of visual images. This hypothesis suggests that we are currently in a transitional state, as we shift from one style of consciousness to another. Some implications for teaching in this time of transition (and points for further reflection) are explored
Aesthetics · Consciousness · Critical consciousness · Epistemology · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Reading (process · Social consciousness · Sociology · Style (visual arts · The Symbolic · Transition (genetics · Visual arts · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
Why things bite back
Darwinian Psychiatry (DRAFT)
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
Neurophilosophy
The Symbolic Species
Amusing ourselves to death
Orality and Literacy
Mysticism and Dissent
America's love affair with technology
Mysticism and Dissent
Information Technology and Social Work—The Dark Side or Light Side
What Is the Role of Hypertechnology in Social Work Today
Integral consciousness through the global lens
Evolutionary psychology
Shades of Loneliness
The nature of consciousness
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |