:: evolution and trends in digital media technologies ::

Week 7 : 18 November
networked society

Tonight's Schedule

• Economics and technology
• "I think the wireless companies limit innovation of cross-carrier technologies to be competitive and keep people with each carrier, or hope that they will encourage friends or family to join the same carrier to use the multimedia services." (Travers Scott, BB, 10 Nov 2003)
• Draw straws (?) for presentation groups one and two (2 and 9 Dec)
  
• Food break :)
  
• Guest Speaker : Dr. David Silver
• David Silver is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. His research interests focus primarily around the intersections between computers, the Internet, and contemporary American cultures. Since 1996, he has been building the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, an online, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, and create diverse and dynamic elements of cyberculture.
• Guest Speaker : Dr. Crispin Thurlow
• Crispin Thurlow joined the Department of Communication as Assistant Professor this year. With an academic background in applied psychology and social science from South Africa, Crispin's academic interests center around lifespan communication and adolescence; computer-mediated communication; intercultural communication and global tourism. He is particularly concerned with the role of language, social interaction and multimodal discourse in each of these communication domains. Crispin is Associate Editor of the journal Language and Intercultural Communication.

Notes

• Kathy's economics slides
• Crispin's slides
• David's slides
• The Meatrix
• For more on the economics of cyberculture, especially the nature of goods in cyberspace, see Bit Biz, Chapter 6 from City of Bits by William J. Mitchell, MIT (1995). This was the first full-text "interactive" book published on the WWW. The design reflects that date of origin.

Assignments

1. Speaker evaluation surveys (Silver, Thurlow)
   
2. Readings (please summarize and ePost)
   • "Principles of New Media," by Lev Manovich from The Language of New Media, pp 27-48 (eReserve - week eight)