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English 231 - New Media (The Smartphone Paradox (Ch 5: Outsourcing Memory,…

- - - - McLuhan's famous phrase that he coined.
    - - Thorstein Veblen
        
        Had ideas about mass consumption that would relate to future media.
      - Social Shaping
        
        Tools of the Mind
        
        people affect tech
        
        my personal beliefs
        
        I fall into the beliefs of sst
        
        The initial ideas behind SST were presented as sort of a counter argument to determinism.
        
        People decide and affect tech
      - Tech affects people
        
        Determinists can fall into the more extreme "hard" thoughts, but soft determinists can see both sides.
- - - - Can you leave your phone?
        
        anxiety
        
        stress
        
        do you feel you need to use your phone?
        
        The idea of stress and anxiety to use a device was scary to me when we first discussed it.
        
        we did an experiment where we did try and go without our devices
        
        The experiment taught me a lot of things, and showed me more of the ways in which compulsion affects smartphone usage.
      - Data and Stats
        
        How often are you on your phone?
        
        what is your reason for smartphone use?
        
        Is it social needs? entertainment? knowing does matter.
  - - - app usage
        
        Marvel Project
        
        aesthetic
        
        effectiveness
        
        Usability
        
        Interactivity
        
        How well the app functions is actually highly important to consumers.
        
        A project where students developed an app for "student use". I made a book purchase and rental app.
      - Social Media
        
        Instagram
        
        Facebook
        
        Twitter
        
        Gratifications
        
        what do you "get" from your phone
- - - - How directors and cinematographers use these to make the films work is important.
  - - - Joquain Phoneix
    - - the singularity
        
        Ray Kurzweil
        
        A prominent futurist who presents ideas about where society and tech will go in the coming years.
- - - - do we know the whys?
        
        Probably the single most important things of the course. To at least have an understanding about WHY you use tech.
    - - Kranzberg's First Law
        
        Technology can be neither
        
        bad
        
        It also cannot be inherently good or bad as it requires a user.
        
        neutral
        
        The tech is indeed made for SOMETHING, so it cannot be fully neutral.
        
        good
  - - - Inventor of the first telephone
    - - the hyper popular phone the iphone killed off
    - - smartphone hysteria
      - introduced in 2007 and changed the tech world.
  - - - checking habbits
        
        FOMO
  - - - Instant Gratifications
        
        Time Well Spent
        
        the initiative from Tristan Harris, kind of a rival to Zuckerberg
      - instagram likes, tweet likes etc..
        
        The theory takes a look at these things. it wants to know why and what people feel and gain from these.
  - - - weakened identity
    - - Just Google it!
        
        Who Wants to be a Millionaire
        
        The contestants used the phone a friend to cheat as the internet "Knows all"
    - - Kori Baumer
        
        Defender of her beliefs proven wrong via twitter
  - - - Facebook
    - - sips of connection
        
        Turkle is NOT against tech, but she preaches awareness. She is an advocate, vocal, and often gives speaches.
    - - connection?
        
        Zuckerberg is the founder and owner of Facebook.
  - - - how involved should they be?
    - - global village
        
        Sort of the initial "thought" of what the internet would end up being.
    - - defending boredom!
        
        Boredom can and does often lead to immense creativity
      - simple boredom
      - hyperbordom
      - People would rather be shocked
        
        Scary, but true. A test was done to see if people could just "exist", but they got shocked instead.
  - - - still need phones
        
        We still basically have to have these devices, so being mindful helps us with something that is actually needed, but can be harmful without mindfulness.
      - being aware
        
        knowing and awareness are key.
      - meditation
        
        This class gave me my first taste of meditation. It let me into the world and gave me interesting ideas, and showed me how it relates to phones.
    - - Continued Mindfulness
        
        We discussed the importance of the future generations to continue to learn and stay aware.