INLS 180-01 Day 7 Notes

Oct. 3, 2001

 

Assignments due!

Rescheduling classes for break and Thanksgiving

 

1. One-Minute papers

Main point

Media=real life

Consider deletion in info life cycle

Questions

Are not back channels always in play?

All the R&N studies done in  US? If so, cultural effects?

What about avatars?
Can we overcome reptilian brain influences?

Who would be bothered by a really helpful personal interface?

What is really wrong/scary about media equation?

How to determine threshold between useful and annoying?

How to help people use info (after retrieval)?

Roles of language in the ME effect?

 

2. Information Architecture

Travis interviews with Bliss, Curtis, Gordon, Ritchey, & Rosenfeld (ASIST Bulletin, Aug/Sept, 2000 online)

Denn & Maglaughlin (ASIST Bulletin, June/July 2000 online)  (Ed Beltz)

 

IA discussion (Powerpoint slides)

See sigia-l@asis.org  (almost 6000 postings)

 

3. How do you use information?

The life cycle (powerpoint slides)

 

4. Readings for next meeting:

Tibbo, H. (1995). Interviewing techniques for remote reference: Electronic versus traditional environments. (Ying Zhang)

Roloff, M. E. (1981). Interpersonal Communication: The Social Exchange Approach. Chapter 1, Social Exchange: Key Concepts, p13-31.  (Jian Yang)

Dewdney & Sheldrick Ross (1994).  RQ 34(2), 217-30. (Marchionini)

Walker, R. D., & Hurt, C. D. (1990). Scientific and Technical Literature: An Introduction to Forms of Communication. Chapter 6, Secondary Literature, p225-63.  (April Wells)

Ackerman, M. & Malone. T. Answer Garden: A tool for growing organizational memory.  Proceedings of ACM COIS (Cambridge, MA April, 1990).  P 31-39. 

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~ackerman/pub/90b03/cois90.final.pdf (Marchionini)

 

5. One-minute paper concept

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?