PRM 3 Flashcards
(9 cards)
PRM 3 - Science - App developper
- App Developer:
Field: Computer Science, Data Analytics, Software Engineering.
Concepts:
Data Collection and Use: She references the gathering of data to enhance user experience and offer personalized services.
Security Challenges: She touches on the issues surrounding data security and information processing at scale.
Advertising Algorithms: Shows understanding of how data informs targeted digital marketing.
This reflects systems thinking and ethical dilemmas in tech development
PRM 3 - Science - Teenage user
Field: Biometric Technology, GPS, Sports Science.
Concepts:
Uses location tracking and heart rate monitoring to support safety and physical performance.
Implies the presence of AI-driven targeted advertising, linking personal movement to digital influence.
Demonstrates user-level integration of biotechnology, revealing how non-experts engage with complex tools.
PRM 3 - Science - Senior user
- Senior User:
Field: Medical Technology, Health Informatics.
Concepts:
Reliance on continuous glucose monitors (CGMs).
Highlights benefits like predictive alerts and remote data sharing with doctors.
Suggests user transformation through data-supported care decisions and digital reassurance mechanisms (e.g., alarms for low sugar).
PRM 3 - Science - Medical proffesional
- Medical Professional:
Field: Telehealth, Clinical Informatics, Remote Patient Monitoring.
Concepts:
Emphasizes use of real-time health data to support in-person and virtual care.
Reflects on the operational impact on medical workflow.
Notes reliance on external IT experts, revealing a growing interface between medicine and technology.
PRM 3 - Lang and lit - App developper
- App Developer:
Tone: Professional, rational, and forward-looking.
Devices:
Tricolon: “enhance the user experience, customize content, and create new features” – builds a rhythm and sense of progress.
Juxtaposition: Between innovation (“tailored marketing”) and challenge (“struggling to store and process”).
Ethos: Establishes credibility by discussing technical roles and ethical concerns.
Anaphora: Repetition of “I can…” to emphasize capability and initiative.
PRM 3 - Lang and lit - Teenage user
- Teenage User:
Tone: Informal, enthusiastic, and emotionally engaged.
Devices:
Colloquial diction: “keeps me safe!”, “so smart!” – relatable and authentic.
Anecdote: Personal story about training sessions humanizes the tech experience.
Cause and effect: Shows a logical sequence between using a tracker and targeted marketing.
Exclamatory sentences: Express excitement and trust in the technology.
PRM 3 - Lang and lit - Senior User
- Senior User:
Tone: Reflective, cautious, and grateful.
Devices:
Internal monologue: “What if it wasn’t working properly…?” – shows vulnerability and internal conflict.
Contrast: Between initial skepticism and eventual comfort with technology.
Imagery: “It even beeps to wake me up at night” creates a vivid picture of the tech’s function.
Pathos: Evokes emotion by highlighting how his life has improved.
PRM 3 - Lang and lit - Medical proffesional
- Medical Professional:
Tone: Analytical, pragmatic, and hopeful.
Devices:
Technical jargon: “workflow”, “real-time health data”, “patients’ control” – reflects expertise.
Parallelism: “at home as well as in the office” – balanced structure for clarity.
Antithesis: “I have no experience storing data digitally, so we hired an IT company” – contrasts personal limitation with proactive solution.
Logos: Appeals to logic by explaining how tech improves efficiency.
PRM 3 - Synthesis
This multimodal text blends scientific information with rhetorical expression to present a nuanced view of wearable technology:
Science provides credibility and technical depth: the discussions are anchored in real-world applications of health and data sciences.
Language and literature provide voice, emotion, and engagement: the individual experiences bring meaning to the data and make it human.
Each speaker is a distinct persona whose scientific context (their field and experience) shapes their narrative voice. The rhetoric used makes the scientific content accessible and persuasive. For instance:
The app developer’s structured and authoritative language reflects her professional understanding.
The teen’s informal tone and personal examples reflect user enthusiasm.
The senior’s cautious yet optimistic tone builds trust in medical science.
The doctor’s formal, logical delivery shows clinical application and the need for cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Together, the text becomes a cross-sectional narrative that demonstrates how science not only shapes our lives through innovation, but also how it must be communicated clearly, ethically, and empathetically. This is especially important in a world where data, health, and identity intersect.