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New Media (Social Networking (Readings (The Social Debate: Rosen and…
New Media
Social Networking
Network Theory: small world, strength of weak ties, hubs and connectors, power laws of distribution
Social Capital
Bonding: strong bonds between family, and community members
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Keith Hampton: "relationships are being enhanced, not replaced"
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Games Technology
Features of Games
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Variable, quantifiable outcomes
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Readings
Games, Learning, & Literacy by James Paul Gee
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Approaches to New Media
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Information Society Theories: creation, distribution, use, integration, and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.
Informational Capitalism: information is a capital asset. Society is moving from industrial to informational.
Actor-Network Theory: objects are all part of a social network. Relationships are between things and between concepts
Determinism: technology is the basis for all human activity. Technological development determines social change and history.
Determinists
Neil Postman
"The uses made of technology are largely determined by the structure of the technology itself, that is, that its functions follow from its form."
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Walter Ong
"More than any other single invention, writing has transformed human consciousness."
Karl Marx
"The hand mill gives you society with the feudal lord: the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist."
Hard Determinism
Technology develops independently from social concerns. We organize ourselves to "meet the needs of technology." Technology is autonomous.
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Soft Determinism
Technology still guides evolution, but we have free will to adopt (sometimes after a cultural lag). "A new device merely opens a door. It does not compel one to enter."
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