And thus ends the semester... Thank you all for being enthusiastic, passionate, and reflective students. Have a great summer!
Or is it all just Huxley's 'Infinite Monkeys'?
An Internet Mega Celebrity? The convergence of old and new media to make a megastar
- And some of you were referring to this clip in class:
Debate #2
For: Hillary, Graham, Tom
Against: Jordan, Megan, Christina
Debate #3
For: Henry, Joel, Christina
Against: Hillary, Ryan, Antonio
Lunch sessions with me to discuss essay ideas, etc.
Jordan
Sam
Antonio
Ryan
Tom
Megan (at 1)
Tim (at 1)
Thursday (12-1pm)
Christina
Graham
Andrew
Hillary
1. Disney Xtreme Digital (Ages 6-10)
1. Club Penguin
1. Neo Pets
2. MySpace (Age 10+)
3. Bebo
4. Facebook (Age 14+)
10. Linked In
10. Classmates.com
8. Twitter
3. Xanga
5/6. Live Journal
7. Second Life
5. Deviant Art
1. Club Penguin
1. Neo Pets
2. MySpace (Age 10+)
3. Bebo
4. Facebook (Age 14+)
10. Linked In
10. Classmates.com
8. Twitter
3. Xanga
5/6. Live Journal
7. Second Life
5. Deviant Art
Viral Video
Viral Video
* Cell phone (everyone but one)
iPod
Laptops
Calculator
iPod
Laptops
Calculator
* Working out
* Travelling
At computer
Between classes
Reading/Working
Going to sleep
* Travelling
At computer
Between classes
Reading/Working
Going to sleep
Viral Video
Viral Video (as many of you flew in from break)
'Digital Bodies'/Cyborgs:
Tetsuo - The Iron Man
Robocop (Start at 1:20)
'Digital Bodies'/Cyborgs:
Tetsuo - The Iron Man
Robocop (Start at 1:20)
*Stephen Colbert - 1 degree
Fidel Castro - 3 degrees
*Obama - 2 degrees
Julia Roberts - 3 degrees
Tiger Woods - 3 degrees
*Tu-Pac - 3 degrees
David Ortiz - 2 degrees
Oprah Winfrey - 3 degrees
Maury Povich - 2 degrees
*Lil Wayne - 3 degrees
A-Rod - 3 degrees
Ryan Gosling - 4 degrees
Tyra Banks - 4 degrees
Lance Armstrong - 1 degree
Fidel Castro - 3 degrees
*Obama - 2 degrees
Julia Roberts - 3 degrees
Tiger Woods - 3 degrees
*Tu-Pac - 3 degrees
David Ortiz - 2 degrees
Oprah Winfrey - 3 degrees
Maury Povich - 2 degrees
*Lil Wayne - 3 degrees
A-Rod - 3 degrees
Ryan Gosling - 4 degrees
Tyra Banks - 4 degrees
Lance Armstrong - 1 degree
Viral Video
Viral Video for today
Viral Video for Today
The Matrix
The Matrix
- Money and Reality
- Are social spaces socially constructed?
- How is visiting a bar on 'Second Life' different to visiting a bar in our 'carbon lives'?
- Can relationships in 'Second Life' be meaningfully supportive and intimate?
- Does Second Life allow us to eclipse the constraints of our 'first' lives?
- Do we 'need' physical relationships to be social or can those in 'Second Life' fulfill our social needs?
Viral Video for Today
BBC Documentary on Second Life
BBC Documentary on Second Life
Second Life Fashion Designer
MOLOTOV ALVA AND HIS SEARCH FOR THE CREATOR: A SECOND LIFE ODYSSEY
http://www.bowdoin.edu/digests/entry.jsp?timestamp=20090204134614&dow=4&type=staff&week=200906&author=chour
I am introducing Rafah Harfoush, New Media Expert and Member of Obama's Social Media Team, at Common Hour this Friday, February 6th. Feel free to come along.
I am introducing Rafah Harfoush, New Media Expert and Member of Obama's Social Media Team, at Common Hour this Friday, February 6th. Feel free to come along.
12noon in Moulton Union (South Private Dining Room)
Ask the card checker if you don't know where the room is.Ryan - Monday
Graham - Tuesday
Christina - Monday
Andrew - Monday
Tim - Tuesday at 1pm
Tom - Monday
Sam - Tuesday
Jordan - Tuesday
Greg - Tuesday
Hillary - Tuesday
Antonio - Tuesday
Megan - Tuesday at 1pm
Henry - Monday
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2419932986
Inspired by Thomas, I looked at the knitting groups on Facebook. This one most caught my eye. But is it a 'community'? If not, why?
Inspired by Thomas, I looked at the knitting groups on Facebook. This one most caught my eye. But is it a 'community'? If not, why?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7855318.stm
http://juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle.html
Here is an academic account of the Mr Bungle case I mentioned in class
Here is an academic account of the Mr Bungle case I mentioned in class
Following on from class - how does the online and offline blur?
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2008/11/megan-meier-was-just-13.html
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2008/11/megan-meier-was-just-13.html
Andrew and Tim - April 16th
Christina and Megan - April 2nd
Henry and Joel - February 26th
Greg and Jordan - March 5th
Antonio and Hillary - April 28th
Samuel and Tom - April 9th
Ryan and Graham - April 30th
Christina and Megan - April 2nd
Henry and Joel - February 26th
Greg and Jordan - March 5th
Antonio and Hillary - April 28th
Samuel and Tom - April 9th
Ryan and Graham - April 30th
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=googlechondria
Following up from class...
Following up from class...
http://zombieobscurity.analogmedium.org/2008/12/googlechondriac.html
as discussed in class.
as discussed in class.
As discussed in class, here is the Cris Crocker clip mentioned.
What do you make of this in the context of our discussion today? What is the significance of his 'internet stardom'? What would Bell and Kumar say?
NB: He no doubts benefits financially with his new 'brand'. Selling T-shirts online is just part of his business.
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/facebook-goup-to-cc-all-email-to-home-secretary-513240
A link from David in Communications.... Might be of interest to some of you.
A link from David in Communications.... Might be of interest to some of you.
Remember, blog entries are due tonight by 11:59 p.m. and are on Chapters 7/8 of Webster.
See you in class tomorrow!
See you in class tomorrow!
"Any discussion of a communication-technology-
driven 'end of history' must begin with Francis
Fukuyama's book of the same title. In The End of
History and the Last Man (1992), Fukuyama declared
that the collapse of communism and the victory of
liberal democracies signalled the "end" of history.
For Fukuyama, the historical record was a document
of struggle whose natural end point was the tri-
umph of liberal democracy. Mosco argues that the
myth of cyberspace, generated by the animistic and
sublime urgings of the Internet's and World Wide
Web's most outspoken boosters, claims the same
end result. Yet the notion that these technologies
have created or contributed to liberal democracy is the
subject of dispute. Academics and practitioners may
have crafted initiatives that use technology to increase
the political and human capital of disadvantaged or
disenfranchised citizens, yet many of these lofty
goals remain unrealized. Mosco also targets the writ-
ings of Bill Gates, Nicholas Negroponte, and Esther
Dyson, who similarly describe the utopian potential
of the Internet and World Wide Web. The current
situation with respect to these technologies' liberaliz-
ing tendencies is well known. Cyberspace has been
commercialized, its democratizing potential undercut
by the portfolio of corporate and financial interests
that parcel out digital space to the highest bidder.
Mosco continues his critique by analyzing another
myth attributed to the Internet and the World Wide
Web. In a chapter entitled "Loose Ends: The Death
of Distance and The End of Politics," Mosco takes
on the claim, common among Internet boosters,
that the logistical convenience brought about by the
World Wide Web will transform the political climate
in positive ways. Just as proponents of telegraph
and radio technology in the late 19th and early 20th
centurypromised greater access to goods and services
via a breakdown of geographical barriers, gurus like
Negroponte and Dyson describe the Internet's simi-
lar ability to provide access to goods and services in
quasi-religious terms."
From www.spa.ucla.edu/critplan/past/volume012/09_Ramirez.pdf
driven 'end of history' must begin with Francis
Fukuyama's book of the same title. In The End of
History and the Last Man (1992), Fukuyama declared
that the collapse of communism and the victory of
liberal democracies signalled the "end" of history.
For Fukuyama, the historical record was a document
of struggle whose natural end point was the tri-
umph of liberal democracy. Mosco argues that the
myth of cyberspace, generated by the animistic and
sublime urgings of the Internet's and World Wide
Web's most outspoken boosters, claims the same
end result. Yet the notion that these technologies
have created or contributed to liberal democracy is the
subject of dispute. Academics and practitioners may
have crafted initiatives that use technology to increase
the political and human capital of disadvantaged or
disenfranchised citizens, yet many of these lofty
goals remain unrealized. Mosco also targets the writ-
ings of Bill Gates, Nicholas Negroponte, and Esther
Dyson, who similarly describe the utopian potential
of the Internet and World Wide Web. The current
situation with respect to these technologies' liberaliz-
ing tendencies is well known. Cyberspace has been
commercialized, its democratizing potential undercut
by the portfolio of corporate and financial interests
that parcel out digital space to the highest bidder.
Mosco continues his critique by analyzing another
myth attributed to the Internet and the World Wide
Web. In a chapter entitled "Loose Ends: The Death
of Distance and The End of Politics," Mosco takes
on the claim, common among Internet boosters,
that the logistical convenience brought about by the
World Wide Web will transform the political climate
in positive ways. Just as proponents of telegraph
and radio technology in the late 19th and early 20th
centurypromised greater access to goods and services
via a breakdown of geographical barriers, gurus like
Negroponte and Dyson describe the Internet's simi-
lar ability to provide access to goods and services in
quasi-religious terms."
From www.spa.ucla.edu/critplan/past/volume012/09_Ramirez.pdf
Thank you all for the great discussions in class. To give a specific case to what I mentioned about online dating while we were leaving, take a look at:
http://www.cyberlove101.com/story81.htm
http://www.cyberlove101.com/story81.htm
Get to know your fellow students...
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This is a sociology class aimed at first year students of all backgrounds and interests. It does not require specific sociological knowledge. It is designed to be understood by any student with a general level of information about society, politics, the economy, and international affairs.
This course explores new media forms through discourses of culture, race, space, and power. From the development of the first electronic messaging systems in the 1960s to the advent of interactive social networking Web sites such as Facebook, Bebo and hi5, the role of computer-mediated communication in shaping economies, polities, and societies is discussed. Uses a wide range of sources--recent social science research, Web sites, Facebook, YouTube videos--to examine the roles of new media both in the United States and abroad. We will critically evaluate how our social lives are increasingly digitally mediated and what implications this has on agency, individuality, spatiality, work, and community.
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