In this week, I was intrigued by two articles. One is about YouTube, and the other is about the relationship between technology and human brain from the NYTimes.
Lange analyzed the YouTube (video-sharing website) as a tool of maintaining social network. For people who use YouTube, the quality or contents of the video are not the problem. They do video sharing to create, maintain, and negotiate social network, to establish "affinity" The interesting idea is "Publicly Private" and "Privately Public" the term the author used. "Publicly Private" is to share private experience in a public way. In this case, people can view the personal information or the face of the owner, and anyone can access the video. However, there are several factors hinder the spread of video such as cryptic tagging, technical problems, or including private contents. In contrast, "Privately Public" is to share public things in a private way. The video contains widely accessible contents, and it makes connection with many people without sharing id identity of owner. For example, MadV invokes the global awareness by sharing video "One World", but he avoids to connect with his fan, and to show his real identity. The division of the owner's characteristic is interesting, because the author doesn’t use the dichotomy between private and public video sharing, instead, he narrows down the degrees of "publicness."
The Message by MadV
According to the article, "Attached to Technology and Paying a Price," people get more stress, when they juggle e-mail, phone calls, and other information simultaneously. There is an interesting story of Mr. Campbell's family. The story was like a sitcom for me. Mr. Campbell, goes online when he wakes up everyday, using his laptop and IPhone. When he works, on his left monitor, tweet appears constantly, the middle monitor displays computer code which he uses for work, and Skype, also on the right side of monitor, and he has e-mail, calendar, web browser, and a music player. He is a kind of a heavy technology user, and he sometimes misses the informant massage, because he has to manage bunch of information everyday. His wife, Mrs. Campbell also has an experience of getting lost in Facebook and phone. His daughter can't hear when she spends her time with devices such as laptop, iPod Touch, and DVD player. Also, his son is obsessed about Facebook and iPhone, so he can't focus on his study. I think I was interested in this family, because I feel like I DO those similar things everyday. After I've been using the IPhone, I usually check e-mail for 10 times at least, go to Facebook, and chat with friends. I feel nervous when I don't have the phone. I usually communicate with people through IPhone. Recently, I start wondering that how could I live without Iphone before. However, it is true that it disturbs my life. I'm doing several things together(multi-tasking), sometimes I don't feel I concentrate even for one thing, but when I'm trying to concentrate one work, I feel bored because I'm accustomed to "nonstop interactivity." Am I addicted to IPhone? It feels my life is subordinate to Iphone. =(
Therefore, I'm thinking that trying to live without Iphone for a week at least. Will it be possible? =)
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Session 8
Now that you've identified some themes and begun to refine your questions, reflect on (1) what do you think you need in order to move forward on your final project? (more concrete questions, more reading in a particular area, etc. etc.) and (2) How can you get what you need?
After last week's critics, I've identified a few themes which I want to research more.
First, I'd like to concentrate on the identity of the cyber world. Some people express his/her hidden selves when they communicate with people on virtual world. That is more obvious in anonymous settings, however sometime it appears in nonymous settings such as Facebook or YouTube. Why people show their unseen characteristics to the public? What do they want by showing their personality to the people?
Another thing which is related to the identity is preteens' identity on cyber world. As my article of last week was about meaning, identity in children's virtual worlds, I really want to more focus on this area like whether virtual interactions, such as Participating on virtual community, making avatar and creating personal blog, are helpful to construct children's identity. I'd like to find the cases of the virtual worlds' negative effects if any, for example, identity disorder caused by over-immersion to the virtual environment.
Another theme I'd like to research for the final project is technology in classroom, especially the features of new technologies such as cell phone, Facebook, second life in classroom settings. I want to focus on what advantages and disadvantages of using these social network environments are.
I found an article about benefits of cellphone use in classroom from the New York Times. According to this article, student can use mobile application for an air test device by using Bluetooth, identification of the exact type of bugs or trees by taking picture, or creation of community among isolated schoolteachers. so, “Anytime-anywhere-anyhow learning” could be achieved by using mobile devices.
Click the link below to read whole article.
Dial-a-Class By ELIZABETH GREEN
After last week's critics, I've identified a few themes which I want to research more.
First, I'd like to concentrate on the identity of the cyber world. Some people express his/her hidden selves when they communicate with people on virtual world. That is more obvious in anonymous settings, however sometime it appears in nonymous settings such as Facebook or YouTube. Why people show their unseen characteristics to the public? What do they want by showing their personality to the people?
Another thing which is related to the identity is preteens' identity on cyber world. As my article of last week was about meaning, identity in children's virtual worlds, I really want to more focus on this area like whether virtual interactions, such as Participating on virtual community, making avatar and creating personal blog, are helpful to construct children's identity. I'd like to find the cases of the virtual worlds' negative effects if any, for example, identity disorder caused by over-immersion to the virtual environment.
Another theme I'd like to research for the final project is technology in classroom, especially the features of new technologies such as cell phone, Facebook, second life in classroom settings. I want to focus on what advantages and disadvantages of using these social network environments are.
I found an article about benefits of cellphone use in classroom from the New York Times. According to this article, student can use mobile application for an air test device by using Bluetooth, identification of the exact type of bugs or trees by taking picture, or creation of community among isolated schoolteachers. so, “Anytime-anywhere-anyhow learning” could be achieved by using mobile devices.
Click the link below to read whole article.
Dial-a-Class By ELIZABETH GREEN
Thursday, October 7, 2010
looking back the posts
1) What are some of the themes that seem to be emerging from your thoughts? Are there any topics/ ideas that keep poping up in what you're writing?
Last 5 weeks, we covered many themes such as information society, computer-mediated communication, second life, Facebook. As I looked back my blog post, I found that I usually focused on identity in cyberspace. I’ve questioned about identity of on-line and off-line communication and how it different, and how people cope with those two identities.
For me, my identity in both real and cyber space are quite similar; rather I’m more careful when I communicate through on-line than off-line. I don’t know why but I think the dialogue and information, pictures, videos which exchange each other on cyberspace can last long or forever inside the database or internet server, so others who are not directly related to that communication could easily see it and it can spread with the meaning being twisted. So even though it is anonymous setting, I always hesitate to write and submit something, and it is hard to express my opinion easily. I think, in this case, I have somewhat different personality on-line space from off-line space. Also, as we looked up in the Facebook article, it was really interesting theme to research that self-concept founded on Facebook. It is nonymous setting unlike real life and cyberspace like MUD, so the self identity can be found on Facebook is ‘hoped-for possible identity’ which is self-images people want to be, but not yet now. Like this, I’ve been thinking about on-line/ off-line self-identity through these six weeks.
Also, I've tried to think the relationship between education and social communication on cyberspace. Especially I focused on the interaction between learners which takes place in cyberspace, and the role of the media (communication tools such as video, internet, Facebook, second life). However I actually thought about the positive influence of the social communication of the ICT to students like dynamic interaction can be possible; leaner can create, add, and expand information. So I need to focus more on the negative aspects of the internet so that I can have a balanced opinion about that.
2) Based on this, have your questions changed at all from the ones you listed in the first blog post?
My question was this in the first blog post.
a.Anonymity brings disconnection with people around them? and it brings new relationship with people they don't know? Can we call that as "relationship?"
b.According to the reading, development of technology and society are related to each other. As industrialism brings emergence of capitalism, technology sometimes lead the change of society. Then, what is next stage? What other new technologies will emerge and how can it affect our life? Technology develop gradually to artificial intelligence, and relationship between people moves from face-to-face to on-line environment, can it be a reality that machine really "using" people?
I can answer the question ‘a’ now. I think anonymity doesn’t bring disconnection with people around them. Sometimes it is possible that people can simulate their real life on cyberspace, and it can be a chance to improve the relationship and communication with others in real life. As I read the article, ‘Aspects of the self’ I realized that MUD can be used as psychotherapy. Until now, I doubt that it is a good way to treat people perfectly, but for some, that environment can be a kind of experiment setting for those who need to have confidence in relationship. So, sometimes anonymity relationship can be called ‘relationship,’ and it can be used to help enhance the relationship in real life.
Last 5 weeks, we covered many themes such as information society, computer-mediated communication, second life, Facebook. As I looked back my blog post, I found that I usually focused on identity in cyberspace. I’ve questioned about identity of on-line and off-line communication and how it different, and how people cope with those two identities.
For me, my identity in both real and cyber space are quite similar; rather I’m more careful when I communicate through on-line than off-line. I don’t know why but I think the dialogue and information, pictures, videos which exchange each other on cyberspace can last long or forever inside the database or internet server, so others who are not directly related to that communication could easily see it and it can spread with the meaning being twisted. So even though it is anonymous setting, I always hesitate to write and submit something, and it is hard to express my opinion easily. I think, in this case, I have somewhat different personality on-line space from off-line space. Also, as we looked up in the Facebook article, it was really interesting theme to research that self-concept founded on Facebook. It is nonymous setting unlike real life and cyberspace like MUD, so the self identity can be found on Facebook is ‘hoped-for possible identity’ which is self-images people want to be, but not yet now. Like this, I’ve been thinking about on-line/ off-line self-identity through these six weeks.
Also, I've tried to think the relationship between education and social communication on cyberspace. Especially I focused on the interaction between learners which takes place in cyberspace, and the role of the media (communication tools such as video, internet, Facebook, second life). However I actually thought about the positive influence of the social communication of the ICT to students like dynamic interaction can be possible; leaner can create, add, and expand information. So I need to focus more on the negative aspects of the internet so that I can have a balanced opinion about that.
2) Based on this, have your questions changed at all from the ones you listed in the first blog post?
My question was this in the first blog post.
a.Anonymity brings disconnection with people around them? and it brings new relationship with people they don't know? Can we call that as "relationship?"
b.According to the reading, development of technology and society are related to each other. As industrialism brings emergence of capitalism, technology sometimes lead the change of society. Then, what is next stage? What other new technologies will emerge and how can it affect our life? Technology develop gradually to artificial intelligence, and relationship between people moves from face-to-face to on-line environment, can it be a reality that machine really "using" people?
I can answer the question ‘a’ now. I think anonymity doesn’t bring disconnection with people around them. Sometimes it is possible that people can simulate their real life on cyberspace, and it can be a chance to improve the relationship and communication with others in real life. As I read the article, ‘Aspects of the self’ I realized that MUD can be used as psychotherapy. Until now, I doubt that it is a good way to treat people perfectly, but for some, that environment can be a kind of experiment setting for those who need to have confidence in relationship. So, sometimes anonymity relationship can be called ‘relationship,’ and it can be used to help enhance the relationship in real life.
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