180 Notes

Day 6

9/9/98

have roster

letters due

1. One-minute paper Summary

Big Points

Universal email: good, bad

Privacy is problematic in email

There are plans for an interplanetary packet-switched network

Email is not secure.

Q:s

Is email an intrinsic right? Must everyone have/use it?

Will market support disadvantaged in the long run?

Does email reduce number of f-t-f interactions?

What is a digital signature?

Has email affected quality of comm?

Can I give presenters a day notice?

Is there any evidence that u-email will lead to more discussion of political/social issues?

How does support for individuals to attend a public institution not demand that individuals develop an ‘ethic’ of responsibility?

Are there (should there be) age limits for u-email?

What is the next form of interpersonal mediated comm?

Is pretty good privacy (pgp) available? [yes, search web & download]

Do people really want u-email?

2. Pose discussion question for next time (also posted to class list)

Assume 1,000,000 messages/day (email, news postings, new web sites, traditional publications, etc.) are marginally relevant to your interests.

Assume a filtering system that allows 100 messages through (10000:1)

Assume 5 seconds to scan header and decide whether to examine message; 90 seconds to examine a message; 120 seconds to respond to a message. Assume scan all messages; examine 75%, and respond to 10%. 100*5+90*75+120*10=500+6750+1200=8450 seconds (141 minutes or 2.3 hrs/ day). In this model, 6% of electronic communication is scanning, 80% is examining, and 14% is replying. Is this a reasonable model? Which parameters are tunable/optimizable so that we can better manage our 86400 seconds/day?

3. Online debate: divide into 6 groups and conduct debate on Internet driver’s license

Debrief: compare to a f-t-f debate; pros and cons vis-a-vis vocabulary, cohesion, coherence, turn taking, turn allocation, overlaps, gaps, openings, closings, frame activations, repairs, role specifications, other styles

4. Discuss Olson paper [team 2, Elisa Paul, Ashley Larsen]

5. Next time: Read Conger

Identify topic for 5-min speech

6. One-minute paper