180 Day 6 Notes
January 31, 2001

1. One minute papers
Big point
Balance analytical/empirical assessments
Know your user/client!

Q:
How to balance expert/novice user needs?
Do global media homogenize people/thought?
Tension between user needs and producer actions to crate markets/needs?
How to define a user community?
What is transaction log analysis?
How many hours on final project?, what to do? Etc….
What is a MOO?
Background theory on structure in comm.?  Integration theory?
Do methods work better when combined?

2. Use our studies of user types and needs for statistical information (see http://ils.unc.edu/~march/blsreport/mainbls.html)

3. Reading leaders for Wed:
Susan Sharpe: Belkin (see list notes)
Yutao Peng: Chatman #2 (see list notes)
Kerri Odess: Taylor. (see list notes)

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