...Hey Scott: the students in the class might try hunting down the following articles/chapters
Hornig, Susanna. "Digital Delusions: Intelligent Computers in Science Fiction Film." In: Beyond the stars III / edited by Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller. pp: 207-15 Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, c1990 Kozlovic, Anton Karl. "Technophobic Themes In Pre-1990 Computer Films." Science as Culture, Volume 12, Issue 3 September 2003 , pages 341 - 373 Larson, Jerrod "Limited imagination: Depictions of computers in science fiction film." Futures. Apr 2008. Vol. 40, Iss. 3; p. 293 Slane, Andrea. "Romancing the System: Women, Narrative Film, and the Sexuality of Computers." In: Processed lives : gender and technology in everyday life / edited by Jennifer Terry and Melodie Calvert. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.