Contemporary Computing Can be Seen as an Assemblage

“Contemporary computing can be seen as an assemblage.” Discuss.

To achieve this:

Select TWO computing stories from the Live News exercise you fulfil in each week’s

tutorial. Using Actor Network Theory as your primary tool for analysis, at a minimum:

? Describe the scales on which the actants in your stories “act” in the assemblage

? Discuss how these actions can enhance management functions

? Outline what issues/questions these actions raise. To achieve this, compare

and contrast the viewpoints of a range of theorists and critics explored

throughout the module.

? Conclude by summarising how your answers relate to the statement “Contemporary

computing can be seen as an assemblage.”

Deliverables

You will submit a single word processed document to Turnitin, of between 1350-

1650 words