COMM 300 Lecture Notes - Asynchronous Communication, Interactive Media, Citizen Journalism
Document Summary
Gives us more control and restrain our autonomy at the same time. Youtube algorithm: when you watch videos, you get similar videos of the same. Time it takes to reply to others messages. Blurs the boundary between mass and interpersonal communication. Sharing a video with a couple of friends on facebook that becomes viral, reaching a large group of people. Deep confusion about what is virtual and what is real. To differentiate media from one another and face-to-face (ftf) To help us recognize the diversity amongst what may seem to be just one technology: interactivity. Choosing to use filters for background photos: temporal structure. No delays in messages, message sent with a quick response (synchronous) There are delays in messages delivered (asynchronous: reduced social cues. Rich media provide full range of cues, lean media provide fewer. Media richness: multiple info cues, rapid feedback, personal focus, natural language: storage, replicability. Text-based cmc messages can be saved, replicated and redistributed.
