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Social & Psychological Effects of Communication Technology

COMM 298 / 398 Fall 2021

Author: fmg222

Final Paper Summary – Falyn Goldstein

December 10, 2021 fmg222Entries

As the digital world is increasingly developing, interactivity is playing a much larger role in how people communicate and use technological platforms. This paper focused on interactivity and the emotions, behaviors, and expectations that can[…]

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11/23: The Future of Communication – Falyn Goldstein

November 23, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Vyv Evans’ The Future of Communication, he discusses the digital age that we are living in and the ways in which technology has transformed how we communicate with each other. Fictional dreams are becoming[…]

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11/18: Frances Haugen’s Testimony – Falyn Goldstein

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Frances Haugen’s Facebook testimonial before the Senate Commerce Committee, she claimed that Facebook harms children and weakens democracy. She stated that originally she joined Facebook because she believed that Facebook had the “potential to[…]

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11/16: ‘I Made Steve Bannon’s Psychological Warfare Tool’ – Falyn Goldstein

November 15, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Cadwaadr’s ‘I Made Steve Bannon’s Psychological Warfare Tool’: Meet the Data War Whistleblower, Christopher Wylie is introduced and his story is explained from childhood to present day.  Christopher Wylie, now 27 years old, was[…]

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11/11: How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S. – Falyn Goldstein

November 10, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Bhaskar Chakravorti’s How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S., Chakravorti defines what constitutes the digital divide and offers multiple ways in which the divide could be reduced.  Local and national institutions, affordability[…]

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11/09 Lehigh@NASDAQ Podcast – Falyn Goldstein

November 9, 2021 fmg222Entries

In this podcast with Bari Williams and Jossie Hains, the two women discussed diversity and inclusion in the tech workforce. The podcast began with the discussion of how to make DEI changes permanent rather than[…]

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11/04: ICT – Falyn Goldstein

November 4, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Norum et al.’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Oncology. Patients’ and Relatives’ Experiences and Suggestions, the usage of the internet for health communication is surveyed amongst cancer patients and relatives in the Norway[…]

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10/28: The Smartphone Hostage – Falyn Goldstein

October 27, 2021 fmg222Entries

The TEDTalk by Robin Grebing was very intriguing and a little scary, as it called out humans’ reality. This talk focused on how humans are addicted to their phones and most of the time they[…]

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10/26: Snowden – Falyn Goldstein

October 24, 2021 fmg222Entries

In the movie clip on Snowden, you see Snowden question the ethics of where the NSA is getting data from. Though this clip is rather short, you see Snowden question privacy rights and say “how[…]

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10/21: Elon Musk – Falyn Goldstein

October 21, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Maynard’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot Raises Serious Concerns, details on Elon Musk’s humanoid robot are discussed. As Elon Musk has shifted the AI technological world, he is now planning to create and roll out[…]

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Midterm Project, LinkedIn – Falyn Goldstein

October 14, 2021 fmg222Entries

For my midterm project, I decided to explore the usability and functionality of LinkedIn. As a college student applying to jobs and trying to navigate the workforce, it is an incredibly useful platform and I[…]

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10/07 – Impression Management 2.0 – Falyn Goldstein

October 6, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Nicole Kramer and Stephan Winter’s Impression Management 2.0, they assess three personality traits that have been shown to influence how people present themself online. This research study begins by discussing how people can appear[…]

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The Social Network – Falyn Goldstein

October 5, 2021 fmg222Entries

In The Social Network directed by David Finch, the story of Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, is followed to show how Zuckerberg created a new concept that eventually turned into Facebook.  The Social Network[…]

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09/30: RMC – Falyn Goldstein

September 30, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Susan Herring’s Robot-Mediated Communication, she discusses a new concept of telepresence robot-mediated communication (RMC) in which human-human communication is fostered through robots/AI. RMC, more specifically, is defined as “human-human communication in which at least[…]

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09/28: Can Science-Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism? – Falyn Goldstein

September 27, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Sarah DeWeerdt’s Can Science-Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism, lab directors Jeanne Townsend and Leanne Chukoskie are introduced, and their research on video games for autism is shown in detail. The Research on[…]

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09/23: Stang’s “This Action Will Have Consequence” – Falyn Goldstein

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Sarah Stang’s “This Action Will have Consequence” – Interactivity and Player Agency, the interactivity of video games is discussed and two case studies are used to show how agency and interactivity can change based[…]

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09/21: Hancock et al. – Falyn Goldstein

September 20, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Hancock et al. AI-Mediated Communication: Definition, Research Agenda, and Ethical Considerations, artificial intelligence-mediated communication (AI-MC) is defined and the future implications of AI-MC are discussed.  Artificial intelligence-mediated communication is defined as “interpersonal communication in[…]

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09/16: Digital Practices & Applications in a Covid-19 Culture – Falyn Goldstein

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Romero-Ivanova’s Digital Practices & Applications in a Covid-19 Culture, the paper attempts to portray the challenges, stress, and difficulties that the pandemic presented students and faculty with. This paper took an interesting approach of[…]

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09/14: How Does Gamification Improve User Experience? – Falyn Goldstein

September 14, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Hsu and Chen’s How Does Gamification Improve User Experience, the concept of gamification is introduced and an empirical investigation is carried out regarding the role of user experience when looking at perceived ease, mobility,[…]

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09/09: Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text? -Falyn Goldstein

September 9, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Harbeck’s Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text, he discusses live internet vernacular English and how texting may become closer to speech than the formal English language. Harbeck took a really interesting approach to[…]

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09/07: Gurcan et al. – Falyn Goldstein

September 6, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Gurcan et al.’s Mapping Human-Computer Interaction Research Themes and Trends from Its Existence to Today: A Topic Modeling-Based Review of Past 60 Years, human-computer interactions (HCI) are defined, explored, and researched.   Human-computer interaction[…]

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09/02: “Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects” – Falyn Goldstein

September 5, 2021 fmg222Entries

In Sundar’s Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects, he discusses how interactivity can be theorized in three different ways: behavioral, attitudinal, and cognitive. The essay is broken down into these three sections and he goes into depth on[…]

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Falyn Goldstein – Bio

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 fmg222Bios

Hi! My name is Falyn Goldstein and I am currently a senior pursuing my B.S. in Cognitive Science with a minor in Mass Communications. I am originally from Westchester, NY and my hobbies include cooking,[…]

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08/31 Medium is the Message – Falyn Goldstein

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 fmg222Entries

In BBC’s Medium is the Message, Marshall McLuhan offers a very interesting perspective on how what we say is affected by the medium in which it is told. Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher of communication theory, coined[…]

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