CCT109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ubiquitous Computing, Digital Citizen, Sousveillance

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT109H5
• Professor: Rhonda Mc Ewen

Document Summary

New media embody the possibility that accustomed orders are in jeopardy, since communication is a peculiar kind of interaction that actively seeks variety. Technology design requires knowledge about the human machine. Computers need to understand human behavior, as well as human language. Media and technology actively transform content visual media is powerful. Visual artists try to dramatize an idea or feeling into a physical manifestation. Contemporary communication technologies disrupt traditional business and legal definitions. Contemporary communication can challenge the social order. Tangible computing reduces the idea of a separation between virtual and physical. Role touch technologies can play in supporting communication for persons with sensory and communication disorders. Communicative function" communication is not only what we do, but what and how we convey information. Communication technologies: themes of power, control, fear and choice.