INLS 180 Day 2 Notes

January 30, 2006

Notes on the blog postings….NOT optional.  Some very thoughtful, some perfunctory.  Pool, not Schramm

1. One minute papers

Points

Identity in cyberspace (proflection)

Different senses of information

Questions

Is this a psychology class?

Does not a book becoming a best seller change our perception but not the content?

How does information change with use? (data (info things) vs information

Proflection??

How will information (and this class) change me?  [you are what you consume]

Do we get to wisdom better through communication or interaction?

I DO communicate with my dog/cat/animals!

2. Notes on Shannon and Pierce

See Statistical Abstract of the USA http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/infocomm.pdf

See http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/156/report_display.asp for more recent Internet usage data

3.Reading groups

Discuss Price

Discuss Pool

4. Read for next meeting:

Tannen, D. (1995). The power of talk: Who gets heard and why. (SILS reserve)

Chatman, Elfreda. (1996). The impoverished life-world of outsiders.  (JASIST online)

Optional: Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of Innovations. pp 1-37. (Note: this item is on reserve in the SILS library.)

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

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?