180 Day 4 Notes
Feb 3, 2000
One Minute Papers
Big Point
Environment/childhood experiences influence speech patterns—gender differences exist.
Social networks support communication/life
Comm. Styles influence comm effectiveness and work
Elderly invest heavily in social nets, so do teens
Why would biological differences in genders emerge?
Nature/nurture?
How is well-being/happiness measured?
How to communicate with seniors who are regressing?
Family dispersion in today’s world impact on social nets?
Is power/control more important than gender in comm. Styles?
How to introduce elderly to tech?
What happens when we reflect on Tannen and adjust our comm. Patterns? (e.g., backlash to political correctness?)
Moral concerns about chips in animals (let alone people)!
2. Rogers paper (discussion leader Ballenger, see list notes)
3. Project ideas
4. Belkin paper (Bulger discussion leader)
5. Chatman 2 paper (Choi discussion leader)
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?