Cynthia Selfe intro

My group in class focused on the introduction part of Cynthia L. Selfe article, "Lest We Think the Revolution is a Revolution."

The introduction, of the essay, starts off saying that technology is linked to change. And the English Department is adjusting to this change from technology. Technology has its good and its bad sides. Some people believe that it can improve our lives while others fear the effect of technology. Technology affects the work of English related jobs. "[i]t is easy for us-for Americans, in particular-to believe that technological change leads to productive social change" (293). Americans believe that technology will lead to a better change of the social environment. Hoping to create critical thinkers through the optimism of being “more productive, more effective as communicators” and to be “more responsibly involved as literate citizens in world affairs.” However optimism about technology “often masks” an extreme set of contrasting potent fears. Teachers are content with technology and hope that computers are able to help us since we have “modified many programs to include technology training and use,” (292). Selfe continues with three narratives, with the help of images produced by technology, tell rich and powerful stories, that they reveal hidden messages and meanings to advertise the technological world.