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Social & Psychological Effects of Communication Technology

COMM 298 / 398 Fall 2021

Author: zac222

Final Paper Summary – Zach Coriarty

December 11, 2021 zac222Entries

The future of technology is difficult to predict, due to its ever-increasing complexity, however, there are certain themes that follow all technology: potential, purpose, privacy, and ethics. These themes were important in the past but[…]

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11/23 Zach Coriarty “The future of digital communication and privacy.”

November 22, 2021 zac222Entries

In the TED talk “The future of digital communication and privacy.”, Will Cathcart, the head of Whatsapp, talks about the effects and consequences of transitioning to an almost entirely digital communication medium. One aspect Cathcart[…]

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Zach Coriarty 11/18 Twitter Thread Critique

November 17, 2021 zac222Entries

This twitter thread takes a perspective that is more kind to Facebook than many other headlines and makes an argument for their actions. It was written by Nir Eyal and retweeted(how i found it) by[…]

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11/16 Zach Coriarty “I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool”: Meet the data war whistleblower

November 15, 2021 zac222Entries

In “I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool”: Meet the data war whistleblower, Cadwalladr outlines the process by which different people and companies, including Cambridge Analytics and Christopher Wylie, were able to leverage Facebook data[…]

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11/11 Zach Coriarty “The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected”

November 10, 2021 zac222Entries

In “The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected”, Nellie Bowles argues that the technological divide has drifted from the upper class being the only ones with technology to the[…]

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11/9 Zach Coriarty “ Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide‘

November 8, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide”, Jackson et al. Argues that there has been a digital divide since its inception, but that the divide has grown in both race and[…]

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11/4, Zach Coriarty, “COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the impact technology can have on communities, social connections and citizens.”

November 3, 2021 zac222Entries

In “COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the impact technology can have on communities, social connections and citizens.”, Marston et al. argue that technology can have a significant impact on different groups of people during times of[…]

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Zach Coriarty 10/27 “The Smartphone Hostage: The Truth behind Our Technology Addictions.”

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 zac222Entries

In Grebing’s TED Talk, she argues that cell phones are meant to be addictive and that our addiction to cell phones is detrimental to our health and social lives. She points out that the reason[…]

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Zach Coriarty 9/26 “Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems”

October 25, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems” Bryson argues that AI has made incredible leaps in the past few years, specifically in data searching, but it has also introduced many new perils[…]

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Zach Coriarty 10/19

October 18, 2021 zac222Entries

In “How tech and social media are making us feel lonelier than ever”, Katz argues that virtual connections do not help our mentality on loneliness, but can actually amplify the feeling of loneliness. Similarly, Morris,[…]

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Zach Coriarty, Midterm Paper Summary

October 12, 2021 zac222Entries

The study I conducted was on virtual assistants, such as the ones found in Amazon’s Echo, Apple’s HomePod, and Google’s Google Home. The null hypothesis was that the assistants aren’t used often and don’t pose[…]

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9/7 Zach Coriarty “Social Media Activism, Self-Representation and the Construction of Political Biographies.”

October 6, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Social Media Activism, Self-Representation and the Construction of Political Biographies.”, Barassi argues that social media accounts are effectively “political biographies” and are especially important today due to the audience available to most activists. Barassi[…]

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9/5 Zach Coriarty “The Social Network”

October 4, 2021 zac222Entries

In “The Social Network”, the directors portray the origin of Facebook.com and play with the crucial theme of ‘privacy’ as Mark Zuckerburg creates what is now one of the largest companies on earth. Privacy comes[…]

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Zach Coriarty 9/30 “Can Robots Manifest Personality”

September 29, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Can Robots Manifest Personality”, Lee et al. argue that personality plays a key role in the development of enhanced human-robot interaction (HRI) and that if it were to be adopted there needs to be[…]

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9/28 Zach Coriarty “Explained: eSports”

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 zac222Entries

In Netflix’s “Explained: eSports”, the narrator paints a picture about how much the field of eSports has grown since 2012, with viewership increasing 600% by 2017. Further, she explains that major companies are investing big[…]

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9/23 Zach Coriarty “An Urban Refugee Analysis”

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Exploring the Relationship between Information and Communication Technology Collective Behaviors and Sense of Community: An Urban Refugee Analysis” Canevez et al. argues that technology have a a strong impact on belonging to your community.[…]

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9/21 Zach Coriarty, “Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress”

September 20, 2021 zac222Entries

McDaniel et al. in, “Are You Going to Delete Me? Latent Profiles of Post-Relationship Breakup Social Media Use and Emotional Distress” argue that break-ups can have a significant impact on how people use social media. The[…]

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9/16, Zach Coriarty “An Immersive System with Multi-modal Human-computer Interaction”

September 14, 2021 zac222Entries

In “An Immersive System with Multi-modal Human-computer Interaction” Zhao et al. argues that a multi-model human-computer system that incorporates facial behavior, body gesture, and spacial location can help decipher the intent behind users. Zhao and[…]

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Zach Coriarty, 9/14 “How Steve Jobs’ Love of Simplicity Fueled A Design Revolution”

September 13, 2021 zac222Entries

In Issacson’s How Steve Jobs’ Love of Simplicity Fueled A Design Revolution, the case for Steve Jobs being the innovator that bred modern technology is presented. The article starts with Jobs‘ inspiration for Apple, and ends with[…]

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9/9 “Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text” – Zach Coriarty

September 8, 2021 zac222Entries

In “Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text”, Harbeck argues that the way we text has become a language on its own front and that this new language is beginning to take over modern speech.[…]

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9/7 “A Topic Modeling-Based Review of past 60 Years” – Zach Coriarty

September 6, 2021 zac222Entries

Gurcan argues that a model using semantic content analysis can uncover how the topics of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) have changed since the 1960s. This method is different from previous studies because it uses natural language[…]

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9/2 “Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta Analysis” – Zach Coriarty

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 zac222Entries

In Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta-Analysis, Yang argues that cognition, enjoyment, attitude, recall, and behavioral intention are all correlated to the level of interactivity with the web. It is noted that there have been studies related[…]

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“How the Medium Shapes the Message” – Zach Coriarty

August 30, 2021 zac222Week 02

In “How the Medium Shapes the Message”, Jonah Berger and Raghuram Iyenger argue that the medium through which consumers communicate influences how they communicate. Furthermore, it is discussed how these mediums are changing communication and what[…]

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