Unit III: Computer Mediated Communication

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Unit IIIComputer Mediated Communication

• Wednesday (Nov 7)
• Continue Introduction of CMC Unit
• Friday LAB (Nov 9)
• Exam 2 Returned
• Assign Essay 2
• MONDAY Read McLuhan
• NYT ARTICLE
• (course calendar page)

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Controversy o the Day

• Heartbreakers
• Kyle Jackson
• Kristen Kimball
• Rosa Kwon
• Joel Meyer
• Sidney Neate

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Generic Ballot

• A. YES / Agree
• B. NO / Disagree

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Moving On . . . Whos Up Next?

Comm Crushers Dee Carroll Allison
Koester Stephanie Ward Lynette Yau
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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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When will we all be tagged? 2010, 2015, 2020?
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When will you be tagged?

• In your lifetime, youll be tagged with some
  sort of computer chip?
• YES 45
• NO 55

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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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Whos Doing It? (e)

• The generational divide of using the Internet
  will eventually disappear
• 90 Children (12 to 17)
• 60 Seniors (65 and above)
• ??Implications??

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Still . . . A Digital Divide (e)

• . . . An economic digital divide
• Those with Internet access at home
• 45 Those earning less than 30,000 annually
• 95 Those earning 75,000 or more
• ??Implications??

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Top Five Uses (e) (young users)

• E-Mail
• Personal (IM chats / social networking, etc.)
• Browsing for fun / web surfing / GAMING
• On Line purchases, banking, etc.
• Getting news
• (Pew Internet American Life Project)

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The Internet Your Time (e)

• Studies range 15 20 hrs. a week on line
• on average, 3-4 hrs. a day in front of a computer
  screen
• Less TV (approx. 6 hrs. less per week)
• Less phone (?)
• Less traditional reading (newspapers / books)
• Less traditional writing (letters / journals,
  etc.)
• ??Implications??

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Digital Natives in the ClassroomStudents Use
of Technology in Learning

• 98.5 own personal computer
• 74 with laptops
• 80 use social networking sites (Facebook, etc.)
• But not for learning or for use in the classroom!
• 46 use online course management system (e.g.,
  Blackboard, etc.)