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Social & Psychological Effects of Communication Technology

COMM 385 Spring 2019

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Racial Digital Divide in 2019 (Final Project)

May 8, 2019May 15, 2019 smb219Entries

Micco Brisker Professor Jia COMM 385 5 May 2019 Digital Divide in 2019 (To Watch My Short Video Explanation Click HERE) As the digital age has evolved, digital inequalities have emerged alongside well-established social imbalances[…]

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The Impact of Communication Technology on Privacy and Data in a Digital World (Final Project)

May 8, 2019May 15, 2019 lim320Entries

To check out my short video explanation, click here! The Impact of Communication Technology on Privacy and Data in a Digital World             In a world dominated by the Internet, information is shared with ease,[…]

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Final Project Video- Mclain Campbell

May 6, 2019May 15, 2019 mec219Entries

Communication Technology and its Implications on Attention Span    

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Future Progress in Artificial Intelligence (Muller & Bostrom)

April 23, 2019 smb219Entries

In Future Progress in Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Expert Opinion” by Vincent Muller and Nick Bostrom, they survey hundreds of researchers with an expertise in the study of artificial intelligence to determine the direction[…]

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From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality Games

April 23, 2019 lim320Entries

In From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality Games, Zyda explains the possibility for game developers to “have the potential to influence not just the future of interactive entertainment but also the future of interactive training,[…]

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Cultivating Humanity Towards a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology by Peter Paul Verbeek

April 22, 2019 smb219Entries

“Cultivating Humanity Towards a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology” was written by Peter Paul Verbeek in 2009 and asserts that the technologically mediated character of our daily lives has important ethical implications. In ethics, the question[…]

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The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation

April 22, 2019 smb219Entries

The Personalization of Politics was written in 2012 by W. Lance Bennett, a professor of political science and communication at the University of Washington, offers a framework for how collective action occurs and is incentivized[…]

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Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy? – Cass Sunstein

April 16, 2019 mec219Entries

In this article Cass Sunstein, who was Head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs under the Obama Administration, and is now a Harvard professor, writes about the dangers of the internet when it[…]

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The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected

April 10, 2019May 15, 2019 lim320Entries

In The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected, Nellie Bowles of the New York Times covers the digital gap from an angle most don’t expect: instead of the rich[…]

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Digital Na(t)ives?

April 10, 2019 lim320Entries

In Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the “Net Generation, Eszter Hargittai challenges the idea that those who have grown up in the digital age are automatically computationally competent. Instead,[…]

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Global Computing Online Social Networks and Global Women’s Empowerment by Ineke Buskens

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 smb219Entries

“Global Computing Online Social Networks and Global Women’s Empowerment” was authored by Ineke Buskens and published by Viewpoint magazine in April 2017. Buskens is a Principal Research Fellow with the Gender Tech Lab where she[…]

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Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide, Jackson et al.

April 8, 2019May 15, 2019 mec219Entries

This research paper examined race and gender and how these two factors affect the intensity and the nature of information technology use and whether it can predict academic performance. Today, “digital divide”, refers to gap[…]

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Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

April 4, 2019April 9, 2019 smb219Entries

Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment by National Institue of Mental Health is a report written by staff writers at the National Institute of Mental Health in 2017, so it is fairly recent. The[…]

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#Likeminded: BBC special series about the impact of social media on mental well-being

April 4, 2019 mec219Entries

Video: How to Stay Happy and Healthy on Social Media Keep your phone out of your bedroom. Adjust what you see on your feed. Set some self imposed non-screen time. Tell people you are detoxing.[…]

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Technology and Dependency — Social Media Addiction, Self Esteem, and Life Satisfaction

April 4, 2019 lim320Entries

In The Relations Among Social Media Addiction, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction in University Students, Hawi and Samaha explore, as their title suggests, the relationships between social media addiction, self-esteem, and life satisfaction by surveying university[…]

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Navigating a Social World with Robot Partners

March 28, 2019 mec219Entries

Android robots are entering human social life and the people that are interacting with them are unlikely to be technical experts and more likely to approach these interactions casually and intuitively. Because of this, it[…]

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TEDxObserver-Robin Dunbar-Can the Internet Buy You More Friends?

March 26, 2019April 9, 2019 smb219Entries

In his TEDx talk, Can the Internet Buy You More Friends? Robert Dunbar discusses the normative perception of the internet and social media compared to the reality. He explores the cognitive limits of the human[…]

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Life In A Day Movie/Documentary

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 mec219Entries

Life In A Day is a crowd sourced movie/ documentary comprised of thousands of clips sent in from people from over 139 countries. The clips follow the daily lives of people around the world on[…]

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Black Mirror: Nosedive

March 26, 2019 mec219Entries

This Black Mirror episode follows the main character, Lacie around in a world where people are completely engrossed in their mobile devices and rate every person they see based on their interaction with them on[…]

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Connected, but alone?

March 25, 2019 lim320Entries

In her TEDtalk Connected, but alone? Sherry Turkle, professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, explains that “those little devices in our pockets [cell phones], are so psychologically powerful that they don’t[…]

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TIME: Top 25 Most Influential People on the Internet

March 21, 2019August 23, 2021 smb219Entries

On June 28, 2018, Time Magazine published an article about the top 25 most influential people on the internet, which they assessed by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability[…]

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Impression Management 2.0

March 21, 2019August 23, 2021 lim320Entries

In Impression Management 2.0, The Relationship of Self-Esteem, Extraversion, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Presentation Within Social Networking Sites, authors Kramer and Winter investigated “the relationship between self-reported (offline) personality traits and (online) self-presentation in social networking profiles.[…]

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Chapter 1: Engineering Sociality in a Culture of Connectivity. The Culture of Connectivity, Jose Van Dijck

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 mec219Entries

In this chapter of his book The Culture of Connectivity, Jose Van Dijck explores the technical, social, economic and cultural perspectives surrounding the rise of social media. When Web 2.0 first introduced social media, people[…]

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Snapchat: Uses, Usability, and User Experience -Midterm Project

March 9, 2019August 23, 2021 mec219Entries

Introduction Ephemeral social media or social media content that lasts for a very short time, has become a prominent part of the social media ecosystem. Snapchat, one of the most popular social media apps, was[…]

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An Analysis of Course Site From the Perspective of Usability (Midterm Project)

March 7, 2019August 23, 2021 lim320Entries

To check out my podcast, click here! To check out my proposed changes to Course Site, click here!   An Analysis of Course Site from the Perspective of Usability Every student that attends Lehigh University[…]

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Robot Mediated Communication by Susan C. Herring

February 28, 2019 smb219Entries

In “Robot Mediated Communication” by Susan C. Herring, there is a significant amount of human interest placed on the abilities of robots to acts as intermediary for communication. This transforms traditional CMC and has become[…]

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Can Robots Manifest Personality?

February 28, 2019 lim320Entries

In Can Robots Manifest Personality?: An Empirical Test of Personality Recognition, Social Responses, and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction, Lee et al. argue that “personality is an essential feature for creating socially interactive robots.” (p.[…]

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Generation Robot- The Evolution of Human-Robot Interaction

February 27, 2019 mec219Entries

This short video explores the country of Japan who is known for embracing technological innovation. In the video they visit Henn na Hotel which is the world’s first entirely robot staffed hotel. The owner he[…]

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Netflix Original Series “Explained”

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 smb219Entries

In the Netflix series “Explained” the narrator introduces the level of impact and influence eSports has on the world today. Gamers from all over the world travel to a disclosed location multiple times throughout the[…]

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Computer Mediated Communication: Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction by Joseph B. Walther)

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 smb219Entries

In “Computer Mediated Communication: Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction” by Joseph B. Walther, he lays out the fundamental groundwork for CMC discussion. The paper was written in 1996, so he makes a few novel predictions[…]

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Can Science Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism? DeWeerdt

February 25, 2019 mec219Entries

This article addresses the newer trend in health and technology that is using video games to solve health problems, in this case autism. Particularly with autism, this seems to be a very viable way to[…]

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The Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 lim320Entries

In Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning: A Study of Effectiveness, Dongsong Zhang of the University of Maryland states that “a key challenge is to provide learners with easy, intuitive, and fast access to the content” (p. 149)[…]

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Computer Mediated Communication in Long Distance Relationships

February 20, 2019 lim320Entries

In Channels of Computer-Mediated Communication and Satisfaction in Long-Distance Relationships, Hampton et al. found that “the frequency of utilizing various channels of communication was associated with relationship satisfaction and communication satisfaction.” (p. 171). They argue[…]

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Rich Media/Poor Media: The Impact of Audio/Video vs. Text/Picture Testimonial Ads

February 19, 2019February 26, 2019 smb219Entries

In “Rich Media/Poor Media: The Impact of Audio/Video vs. Text/Picture Testimonial Ads” by Osei Appiah in 2006, there is a clear distinction made between the effects of modality on users. The research provides insight into[…]

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Hampton et al. (2018)Channels of Computer Mediated Communication and Satisfaction in Long Distance Relationships

February 18, 2019 mec219Entries

In this study, an international sample of 588 individuals who were currently involved in a long distance relationship completed a survey that assessed their use of various communication technologies, as well as their communication satisfaction[…]

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The Effects of Modality

February 14, 2019 lim320Entries

In Exploring the Impact of Modality on Perceptions of Credibility for Online News Stories, Spiro Kiousis argues that “a distinction needs to be made between the availability of multimedia content and the extent to which[…]

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Human Computer Interaction: Uses, Usability, and User Experience

February 14, 2019 lim320Entries

In Human-Compute Interaction: Psychology as a Science of Design, John Carroll argues that “HCI is the visible part of computer science” that is “a science of design” which “seeks to understand and support human beings[…]

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User Experience: A Research Agenda (Marc Hassenzahl & Noam Tractinsky)

February 12, 2019February 14, 2019 smb219Entries

In “User Experience: A Research Agenda” by Marc Hassenzahl & Noam Tractinsky, they explain user experience in the field of human computer interaction (HCI) and interaction design. The main objective was to collect a series[…]

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How Steve Jobs Love for Simplicity Fueled a Design Revolution

February 11, 2019February 14, 2019 mec219Entries

This article discusses how Steve Jobs revolutionized the standard of design for technology and what we now expect and demand. Interestingly, his design inspiration came from his childhood home near San Francisco and the sleek,[…]

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Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text? Harbeck (2018)

February 7, 2019 mec219Entries

Could texting slang replace spoken English? Throughout history there has always been spoken language regardless of ability to read or write. Written language was created to give a record of spoken language, but it has[…]

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Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication (Kiesler, Siegel & McGuire)

February 7, 2019February 12, 2019 smb219Entries

In “Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication”, Kiesler, Siegel & McGuire explain why social psychological research may contribute to the understanding of electronic communication and technological change in the world more broadly. Published in 1984,[…]

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Computer Mediated Communication

February 6, 2019 lim320Entries

In The Relationship Between Facebook Use and Well-Being Depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength, Burke and Kraut argue that “people derive benefits from online communication, as long it comes from people they care about[…]

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“Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020”, Harper et al.

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 smb219Entries

In “Being Human: The Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020”, Harper et al. explain the knowledge of what the future might be in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In 2007, the two-day forum brought together academics from[…]

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Human Computer Interaction, Dix et al. 2004, Chapter 1: The Human

February 5, 2019 lim320Entries

In the introduction of Human Computer Interaction by Dix et al. (2004), the authors explain that “computers and related devices have to be designed with an understanding that people with specific tasks in mind will[…]

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The Thrilling Potential of Sixth Sense Technology

February 5, 2019 mec219Entries

“How can we leverage our knowledge about every day objects and how we use them to our interaction with the digital world?” Is the first question that Pranav Mistry asks in his Ted Talk. In[…]

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Effects of Interactivity: A Meta Analysis, Yang.

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 smb219Entries

In Effects of Interactivity: A Meta Analysis by Yang and Shen, the effects of web interactivity were analyzed across 63 studies which satisfied some of their research expectations and provided meaningful results about objective and[…]

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Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta-Analysis

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 mec219Entries

In Yang and Shen’s journal they explore the extent to which web interactivity could effect various psychological outcomes. The goal of the research was to examine the influence of web interactivity across a range of[…]

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Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects

January 30, 2019 lim320Entries

In Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects, S. Shyam Sundar of Penn State University argues that previous means of measures of interactivity are inherently flawed in that they are premised on the individual user, instead of examining the[…]

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Technology, Culture, and the World Cup

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 mec219Entries

Vigo begins her article by quoting Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan infamous words about how the medium is the message. In short, Vigo says, “how we see ourselves as a culture is a reflection of the[…]

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BBC Short Video Introduction, The Medium is the Message

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 smb219Entries

At the beginning of this short BBC video, the narrator posits the question, “has technology changed us?” She exclusively focuses on the controversial conclusion reached by philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLunan, which is the[…]

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The Medium is the Message

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 lim320Entries

In The Medium is the Message, Marshall McLuhan argues that the medium with which a message is sent is itself another message; he claims that “the ‘content’ of any medium is always another medium.” (p.[…]

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  • Contributors
    • Haiyan Jia
    • Micco Brisker
      • Racial Digital Divide in 2019 (Final Project)
      • Future Progress in Artificial Intelligence (Muller & Bostrom)
      • Cultivating Humanity Towards a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology by Peter Paul Verbeek
      • The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation
      • Global Computing Online Social Networks and Global Women’s Empowerment by Ineke Buskens
      • Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
      • TEDxObserver-Robin Dunbar-Can the Internet Buy You More Friends?
      • TIME: Top 25 Most Influential People on the Internet
      • Robot Mediated Communication by Susan C. Herring
      • Netflix Original Series “Explained”
      • Computer Mediated Communication: Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction by Joseph B. Walther)
      • Rich Media/Poor Media: The Impact of Audio/Video vs. Text/Picture Testimonial Ads
      • User Experience: A Research Agenda (Marc Hassenzahl & Noam Tractinsky)
      • Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication (Kiesler, Siegel & McGuire)
      • “Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020”, Harper et al.
      • Effects of Interactivity: A Meta Analysis, Yang.
      • BBC Short Video Introduction, The Medium is the Message
    • Mclain Campbell
      • Final Project Video- Mclain Campbell
      • Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy? – Cass Sunstein
      • Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide, Jackson et al.
      • #Likeminded: BBC special series about the impact of social media on mental well-being
      • Life In A Day Movie/Documentary
      • Navigating a Social World with Robot Partners
      • Black Mirror: Nosedive
      • Chapter 1: Engineering Sociality in a Culture of Connectivity. The Culture of Connectivity, Jose Van Dijck
      • Snapchat: Uses, Usability, and User Experience -Midterm Project
      • Generation Robot- The Evolution of Human-Robot Interaction
      • Can Science Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism? DeWeerdt
      • Hampton et al. (2018)Channels of Computer Mediated Communication and Satisfaction in Long Distance Relationships
      • How Steve Jobs Love for Simplicity Fueled a Design Revolution
      • Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text? Harbeck (2018)
      • The Thrilling Potential of Sixth Sense Technology
      • Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta-Analysis
      • Technology, Culture, and the World Cup
    • Larri Miller
      • The Impact of Communication Technology on Privacy and Data in a Digital World (Final Project)
      • From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality Games
      • The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
      • Digital Na(t)ives?
      • Technology and Dependency — Social Media Addiction, Self Esteem, and Life Satisfaction
      • Connected, but alone?
      • Impression Management 2.0
      • An Analysis of Course Site From the Perspective of Usability (Midterm Project)
      • Can Robots Manifest Personality?
      • The Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning
      • Computer Mediated Communication in Long Distance Relationships
      • The Effects of Modality
      • Human Computer Interaction: Uses, Usability, and User Experience
      • Computer Mediated Communication
      • Human Computer Interaction, Dix et al. 2004, Chapter 1: The Human
      • Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects
      • The Medium is the Message
  • Entries
    • Week 2
      • BBC Short Video Introduction, The Medium is the Message
      • The Medium is the Message
      • Technology, Culture, and the World Cup
      • Effects of Web Interactivity: A Meta-Analysis
      • Theorizing Interactivity’s Effects
      • Effects of Interactivity: A Meta Analysis, Yang.
    • Week 3
      • “Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020”, Harper et al.
      • The Thrilling Potential of Sixth Sense Technology
      • Human Computer Interaction, Dix et al. 2004, Chapter 1: The Human
      • Computer Mediated Communication
      • Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication (Kiesler, Siegel & McGuire)
      • Will We Stop Speaking and Just Text? Harbeck (2018)
    • Week 4
      • How Steve Jobs Love for Simplicity Fueled a Design Revolution
      • User Experience: A Research Agenda (Marc Hassenzahl & Noam Tractinsky)
      • Human Computer Interaction: Uses, Usability, and User Experience
    • Week 5
      • Computer Mediated Communication: Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction by Joseph B. Walther)
      • Computer Mediated Communication in Long Distance Relationships
      • Hampton et al. (2018)Channels of Computer Mediated Communication and Satisfaction in Long Distance Relationships
    • Week 6
      • Can Science Based Video Games Help Kids with Autism? DeWeerdt
      • The Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia-Based E-Learning
      • Netflix Original Series “Explained”
      • Can Robots Manifest Personality?
      • Generation Robot- The Evolution of Human-Robot Interaction
      • Robot Mediated Communication by Susan C. Herring
    • Week 9
      • Black Mirror: Nosedive
      • Chapter 1: Engineering Sociality in a Culture of Connectivity. The Culture of Connectivity, Jose Van Dijck
      • Connected, but alone?
    • Week 10
      • Navigating a Social World with Robot Partners
      • Life In A Day Movie/Documentary
      • TIME: Top 25 Most Influential People on the Internet
      • Digital Na(t)ives?
      • Technology and Dependency — Social Media Addiction, Self Esteem, and Life Satisfaction
    • Week 11
      • #Likeminded: BBC special series about the impact of social media on mental well-being
      • TEDxObserver-Robin Dunbar-Can the Internet Buy You More Friends?
    • Week 12
      • From Visual Simulation to Virtual Reality Games
      • Race, Gender, and Information Technology Use: The New Digital Divide, Jackson et al.
      • Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
    • Week 13
      • The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What We Expected
      • Global Computing Online Social Networks and Global Women’s Empowerment by Ineke Buskens
      • Is the Internet really a blessing for democracy? – Cass Sunstein
    • Week 14
      • Cultivating Humanity Towards a Non-Humanist Ethics of Technology by Peter Paul Verbeek
      • Future Progress in Artificial Intelligence (Muller & Bostrom)
      • The Personalization of Politics: Political Identity, Social Media, and Changing Patterns of Participation
  • Midterm
    • An Analysis of Course Site From the Perspective of Usability (Midterm Project)
    • Snapchat: Uses, Usability, and User Experience -Midterm Project
  • Final
    • Final Project Video- Mclain Campbell
    • The Impact of Communication Technology on Privacy and Data in a Digital World (Final Project)
    • Racial Digital Divide in 2019 (Final Project)

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