Unit III: Computer Mediated Communication

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Unit IIIComputer Mediated Communication

• Wednesday (April 12)
• Continue Introduction of CMC Unit
• Friday LAB (April 14)
• Exam 2 Returned
• Essay 1 Returned
• Assign Essay 2

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Controversy o the Day

• Comm Ladies
• Catherine Gerdes
• Ashley Hayes
• Ashley Johnson
• Alissa Revak

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Moving On . . . Whos Up Next?

The Mini McKinneys Eric Lock Kim Orf Mike
Wojtychiw Moses Ukah
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Be a futurist . . . and predict

• How times are a changing!
• 25 years from now your child will be sitting here
  in Eckles Hall in crotchety ol
• Dr. McKinneys COMM class
• what communication technologies will they be
  using and how will it change their lives their
  educational experience?

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What are the NEW Technologies that are most
important to you?

• TV -
• Satellites (Cable TV) - -
• VCR - - - - OLD?
• FAX - - - -
• Computers...
• CD-ROMs (More / Faster)
• DVDs NEWer?
• Wireless (Anywhere / Anytime)
• Cell phones
• Handhelds

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A glimpse of the future?
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Those damn machines . . . Liberating or
controlling??? (e)

• Technophile?
• celebrate the liberating potentials of new
  technology
• or
• Technophobe?
• lament the inhumane communication practices of
  machines

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A world without HUMAN contact?
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When will we all be tagged? 2010, 2015, 2020?
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When will you be tagged?

• Q1 In your lifetime, youll be tagged with
  some sort of computer chip?
• A. YES
• B. NO
• Q2 As a society (education, govt., corps.,
  etc.), we should encourage the development of
  such technology and encourage mass public use.
• A. YES
• B. NO

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Whos Doing It? (e)

• Internet Population approx. 245 million in U.S.
• 85 U.S. Adult Population (approx.)
• 90 Children (12 to 17)
• 50 Seniors (65 and above)
• Adding approx. 16 million every 6 months
• ??Implications of the Generational Divide??

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Still . . . A Digital Divide (e)

• 50 Those earning less than 30,000 annually
• 95 Those earning 75,000 or more
• ??Implications of the Economic Divide??
• Top Five Uses (young users)
• E-Mail
• Browsing for fun / web surfing / GAMING
• Personal (chat / relationships, etc.)
• Getting News
• On Line Purchases
• (Pew Internet American Life Project)