Thursday, June 28, 2012

Communications and Cyberspace: Chapter 22

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In Chapter 22, Professor Strate proposes the concept of cybertime and virtual time. His main argument goes, "the computer functions bot...

Communications and Cyberspace: Chapters 19, 20, 12, 13, & the Epilogue

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Chapter 19 explores the characteristics of e-mail. While e-mail is supposed to be a remediation of letters, what makes it unique is its oral...

6/27 Cybertime

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One of the aspects of the cybertime phenomena is that computers are able to tell time in the outside world. It is fascinating t...

Communications and Cyberspace: Chapters 15, 16, 17

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Chapter 15 poses the question, will New Media completely replace books and other print media? With the rapid emergence of hybrid technology,...

6/26 Computer-Mediated Communication & Edu.

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Chapter 19 discusses the implications of e-mail. E-mails are different from print letters because they no longer need the predictab...

Understanding New Media: Chapters 50 & 51

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Chapter 50 considers smart tag technology and dataspace. Smart tags or barcodes contain information that are extensions of the label of a pr...

Understanding New Media: Chapters 47-49

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Chapter 47 involves virtual reality and simulations. VR is described as "any medium that imitates another medium"and "an envi...

Communications and Cyberspace: Chapters 5, 6, 7, 14

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In Chapter 5 Hebert Zettl analyzes the philosophical and ethical aspects of Virtual Reality in terms of human interaction in cyberspace. He ...

Varieties of Cyberspace: Problems in Definition and Delimitation

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Professor Strate's article "Varieties in Cyberspace" describes what he calls the three levels of cyberspace and their subdivis...

Cut, Copy, and Paste

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Professor Strate's article "Cut, Copy, and Paste" compares the three basic word processor editing functions to historical tool...

Communication and Cyberspace Chapter 22

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Chapter 22, Professor Strate's chapter, is titled "Cybertime." He states that the invention of the computer can be traced back...

Cyberspace and Communications Chapters 19, 20, 12, 13, epilogue

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Chapter 19 is titled "Charting the Codes of Cyberspace: A Rhetoric of Electronic Mail." Author Judith Yaross Lee states that e-mai...

Chapter 22 the final blog

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There have been many inventions that have lead up to what we now call the internet. of course the invention that makes viewing the internet ...
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Understanding New Media Chapters 50-51

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Chapter 50 of Understanding New Media is titled "'Smart Tags' and Dataspace." A "smart tag" is an extension of t...

Communication and Cyberspace Chapters 15, 16, 17

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Chapter 15 is titled "Getting Over the Edge." The author talks about the fact that every time a new medium appears, much speculati...

Communication and Cyberspace: Chapters 2, 3, 21

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Chapter 2 considers the cultural and political impacts of cyberspace. John Phelan points out that the interactivity of the Internet is due t...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Communication and Cyberspace: Chapters 1, 4, 10, 11, 18

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In Chapter 1, the authors introduce the chapter by clarifying that cyberspace and the physical environment are two completely different real...

Understanding New Media Chapters 47-49

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These chapters of Logan's book again deal with New Media not covered in McLuhan's original book. Chaper 47 talks about Virtual Reali...

Communication and Cyberspace Chapters 5, 6, 7, 14

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Chapter 5 is titled "Back to Plato's Cave: Virtual Reality." In this chapter, author Herbert Zettl argues that VR is an art fo...

Communications and Cyberspace Chapters 2, 3, 21

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Chapter 2 is titled "CyberWalden: The Online Psychology of Politics and Culture." The author, John M. Phelan, writes, "Cybers...

Communication and Cyberspace Chapters 1, 4, 10, 11, 18

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Chapter 1 of Communication and Cyberspace is titled "From Locomotion to Telecommunication." It also details how many people find a...

Hypermediacy and Video Games

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I found Lev Manovich’s idea of Hypermediacy in yesterday’s class to be quite fascinating. The counterpart to Hypermediacy, Trans...

Chapters 19, 20, 12, 13 & the Epilogue

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E-mail has been a upcoming and influential form of communication within the last two decades. Marshall McLuhan discussed and described the m...

Communication and Cyberspace chapters 8-9

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Chapter 8 offers a brief history of the internet, beginning with the ARPAnet, which was a network solely used for research by military and d...

Understanding New Media Chapters 44-46

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This groups of chapters also talks about forms of new media. Chapter 44 talks about blogs, which are personal online journals. The "blo...

Understanding New Media Ch 34-43

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These chapters of Logan's book are in Part III: The Analysis of New Media not Dealt with in Understanding Media. In other words, this de...

Chapter 22

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Professor Strate has written chapter 22 in the last homework assignment for this class, titled “Cybertime.”  Strate stresses the importanc...

Communications and Cyberspace: Chapters 8 & 9

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     It is apparent in Chapter 8 that the web, like most technology, has come a long way since its beginnings. What was once a military comm...

Understanding New Media: Chapters 44-46

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Chapter 44 discusses the power of blogs. There are even concerns that blogs may replace mainstream media. While this may or not be true, blo...

Understanding New Media: Chapters 34-43

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     At this point, we are at Part III of the book which concerns the analysis of New Media not dealt with in UM. This section of reading in...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

6/25 Electric Writing and Hypertext

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 Hypertext has been the focus of discussions for many years. Even though interest in hypertext has died individuals try to pin point exactly...

Writing for the Internet and the LCD

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            The Internet as a democratizing and liberating medium is a frequent theme in discussions on the social utility of Ne...