I’m about ready to start the paper. This should be a bit of a challenge, mostly because I’m having a little difficulty organizing all my thoughts. I am finding good arguments for both sides of the issue. I want to believe that college campuses are not Technopolies, but some of Postman’s arguments are quite convincing. However, I’m going to stick to my guns and argue why college campuses are NOT Technopolies.
There are plenty of instances while reading Postman that his arguments seem lost and confused, and times when he seems to contradict himself. This can be quite angering as a reader, especially considering how passionate he is about his ideals and beliefs. I find myself getting frustrated sometimes in trying to think of counters to his arguments because lots of times they just don’t seem to make sense or to be relevant. When trying to form logical and scholastic arguments, getting frustrated is never good, so my goal, of which I had to keep reminding myself was to keep the paper as scholarly as possible and avoid personal sentiments which would have been too easy to include.
I must admit that, at times, I considered switching my stance to argue that college campuses ARE Technopolies. It would have been much easier, and finding quotes and passages to support that side would have been much easier than trying to find passages in Postman’s own work to disprove his theories. However, I still feel confident that I can construct a pretty solid argument against Postman’s theories. Now to get to work!
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