180 Day 3 Notes

Feb 1, 2000

 

(note missed week due to snow)

One Minute Papers

Big Point

Channels

Entropy as measure of information

Audience is an active participant in comm.

There are lots of definitions/interpretations of comm

Questions

Will Internet overtake TV, email overtake physical mail?

More about how people are targeted for specific info

How will e-media change us?

Implications of constructed meaning of reality versus truth/absolute meaning?

 

2. Tannen paper (discussion leader Ahlas, see list notes)

3. Rogers paper (discussion leader Ballenger, see list notes)

4. Chatman paper (discussion leader Barry, see list notes)

 

5. The 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?