[comp.society] Media as a reflection of societal ideas

JZEM@MARIST.BITNET (William J. Joel) (10/15/87)

This past Sunday evening, I watched the first hour episode of
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.  An interesting point arose when I
read between the lines of the script.  A teenage character in the show,
Wes, had done some science project, supposedly for a human instructor.
In the previous Star Trek series, it was apparent (I think) that
education was almost strictly via computers.  Or at least, to a large
degree.

What I am interested in is any such observations by COMPSOC-L readers,
as to how media today reflects peoples attiutudes towards computer
technology.

William J. Joel
Marist College