Project presentation:  McGrath-Zutshi on Dec 2 (15 presentations=5 min each); Adams-McCullough on Dec 7 (16 presentations)

1. One minute papers
Big Point
A thanksgiving feast for info society would be access to really GOOD info
Anonymity adds value to CMC
CMC is less rich than f-t-f
Asynchronous comm can be highly effective

Questions
What multimedia components would improve CMC?
Do people have physiological responses to events in cyberspace?
Why do people act so violently in MOOS?

2. Course highlights
Communication factors
 Sender & receiver (audience)
  Characteristics, contexts
 Message (information)
  Mode, design, attributes
 Channels (media)
  Properties
 System
  Number of participants, topology, feedback cycles, time, mediations
Communication examples
  1-1, asynchronous, mediated (letter, email)
  1-1, synchronous, f-t-f (conversation)
  1-M, synchronous, f-t-f (speeches, lectures)
  1-M, asynchronous, mediated (readings)
  M-M, synchronous, f-t-f (class discussions, class debate)
  M-M, synchronous, mediated (online debate, MOO)
  M-M asynchronous, mediated (mail reflector)
Communication in Information Science (interpersonal, mass, scholarly)
 Information flow (bibliometrics, invisible colleges, diffusion theory)
 Elicitation (reference interview, query forms, surveys)
 Information design (representations and mechanisms)
 Human-computer interaction (user needs, design guidelines, implementation, testing)
Communication theorists (Shannon, Pool, Schramm, Crane, Rogers, Chatman, Reeves)
Message structures (reference source, newspaper, book, TV, web site)

3. Ubiquitous communications, cyberspace, and the roles of information specialists (discussion)

4. Course evaluation/feedback

5. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?