The New Utopia: Communication Technologies

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The French government and telecommunication administration have developed extensive new technological programs for the general public: télématique (whose mass distribution began in 1981), and “cable television” (introduced in 1982). This policy, enacted primarily in accordance with industrial objectives, has had a social impact yet to be fully understood. To what extent is this policy of modernization part of “post-modernity”? These new means of communication do not necessarily entail an enrichment of individual and social identity, but may actually undermine them. The following will address the often asked question: “Are we headed towards an ‘informational society’ defined by ways of life profoundly different from present ones?” Are we on the threshold of a new Utopia?

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