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Makenzies DCD 231 Mindmap (Module 3 (Approaches to New Media (Social…

- - - - " The Medium is the Message"
        
        Marshall McLuhan
      - Interactive on-demand access content 24/7 available on multitude of devices
      - Convergence
        
        "process whereby new technologies are accommodated by existing media and communication industries and cultures"
- - - - Technological advancements are driven by society
        
        Society demonstrates a want or need from technology and is created because of that want. For example, the light bulb was created because society needed it.
      - Technological Determinism
        
        technology developments occur independently of sociey
        
        Karl Marx, Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman, Walter Ong
        
        McLuhan: Technology is an extension of man
  - - - Implicit: Less obvious, growth & change of characters
      - Explicit: Moral of the story, obvious events/actions
      - Sympotmatic: Interpretation of the broader context in society, how it relates to themes in culture
      - Referential: Basic analysis, description of plot
    - - intra-diagetic gaze: character’s gaze upon another character/object in the text
      - extra-diagetic gaze: character address the viewer (breaks the 4th wall)
      - Spectators Gaze: the spectator viewing the text
      - look of the camera: the film director's gaze
- - - - strength of weak ties
      - hubs and connectors
      - small worlds
      - power laws of distribution
    - - Bridging: weaker bonds, acquaintances
      - Linking: Connection to those at different levels of power
      - Bonding: strong bonds, family
      - Sherri Turkle: Connected but Alone
        
        Belives social media is disguised as positive social behavior but detrimental to real world social capital.
    - - William Poundstone: "The Internet Isn't Making Us Dumber; It's Making Us More Meta-ignorant"
      - Nicholas Carr: "Does the Internet Make You Dumber?"
      - Clay Shirky: "Does the Internet Make You Smarter?"
    - - Created an insightful criticism and analysis of the film using the terms and techniques we discuss in class.
    - - The equation [n x (n - 1) = n2 - n] means that membership in a network has a value to the user but is more valuable to other users
- - - - "Technology is neither good, nor bad, nor is it neutral"
    - - Prediction maker, "law of accelerating return"
    - - “It is an irony to me that the same science and technology that have brought us closer to nature…have also separated us from nature and from ourselves”
    - - concepts of design and usability were combined to create an app that would benefit the CCU population
- - - - Research is inconclusive
      - Gamification
        
        Applying gaming characteristics to non-gaming content
      - Augmented Reality
        
        blends the virtual and real world
      - Games, Learning, & Literacy (Gee)
        
        James Paul Gee talks about the connection of video games and education, he says, “it’s just a set of problems you have to solve"
        
        Gee believes that video games are a source of a different kind of learning
      - Why Online Games Make Players Act Like Psychopaths
        
        believes that violent video games motivate players to become what they see in the game
- - - - Asynchronous
        
        Not real-time, ex. discussion forums
      - Synchronous
        
        real-time, ex. videoconferencing
      - Hybrid
        
        Combination of both
    - - the idea of "building your own degree" by taking classes at different colleges for different reasons is extremely unlikely according to Derek Newton
    - - An explosion in online learning, much of it free, means that the knowledge once imparted to a lucky few has been released to anyone with a smartphone or laptop.