180 Notes

Day 20

3/23/99

Note: have not graded papers yet

  1. One-minute papers
  2. Advertisting has pros and cons

    Getting someone's attention is not the same as changing behavior.

    questions

    Will we need 1-1 conversations in the future?

    Is democracy an important aspect of web?

    How can we avoid unwanted ads?

    Does media saturation affect our mental/emotional/physical faculties?

    Will we have commercial free web channels?

    How does First Amendment get in the way?

    If everything is targeted advertising, what happens to spontaneous buying on web?

    How can government regulate ads?

  3. Universal access to email (see handout and notes)

Review syllabus:

Next week: discuss universal email on Tue; speeches on Thur (Sukey, Simon, Beth, Richard)

Week of March 29: Group 5 presents Reeves & Nass Thur; MOO prep Thursday

Week of April 5: online debate in MOO Tue; speeches on Thur (Amy, Tiffany, Anh, Will)

Week of April 12: cyberspace; information design

Week of April 19: info design, ubiquitous comm

Week of April 26: Project Presentations

 

4.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?