:: evolution and trends in digital media technologies ::

::    COM 538    ::    Fall 2003 ::
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:: Peer Review - proposal

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Week 2 : 7 October

Tonight's Schedule

  • Review catalyst tool
  • Review detailed schedule
  • Discuss proposals
  • Break for food :)
  • Review reading assignments
  • Diffusion of Innovation - discussion
  • Development of Computing - discussion
  • Communication Theories - discussion


Notes



Assignments:

  1. Survey 1 continuted until Friday 10 October
  2. Proposal!
  3. "War stories" or experience from work to share next week
  4. Readings (please summarize and ePost)
    • "The Making of the Mouse," by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. American Heritage of Invention & Technology, Volume 17 Number 3. 2002. (web source)
    • "Technologies of the Third Mediamorphosis," by Roger Fidler. Mediamorphosis: Understanding New Media, Chapter 4. 1997. (eReserve)
    • "Why Consumers Buy Technology" by Jed Kelko. Forrester Brief. August 26, 2003; and Consumer Technographics Data Overview. Benchmark North America, Technographics Report, Forrester Research. June 2003. (eReserve - treat as one)
    • eReserve course page; these readings are in the folder named "week 3".


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