Assignment

I enjoyed the conversation in our class last night and I appreciate Ryan giving his presentation on generational differences in Hong Kong and how media has played a role.

I would like everyone to add comments on the blog on how new media has changed your own and the lives of your family, co-workers, and friends in the last 2-3 years. You might want to consider
some of the new ways you communicate to each of these groups.

Also, I would love to see all of you post a link to an article, blog, video clip or commentary that illustrates this. It could be about either news or entertainment.

Then you might want to find images of people communicated in new or traditional ways to illustrate you point. These images could be used next week in the class assignment with Ravi.

Tsunami coverage

Video footage from American Samoa of the tsunami as captured by a local radio reporter:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8282882.stm

More immediate images/video from this than the 2004 tsunami.

class tonight

The class this evening will consist of 2 parts:

The lecture and practice time in the lab.

See you in awhile.

AMG

September 22, 2009 lesson chalkboard

September 22, 2009 lesson chalkboard
Originally uploaded by ravijain

Here's the state of our classroom's chalkboard before we alit to the lab last week. I'll transcribe this list so we can prioritize.

Techies in Politics

There was a post that caught my eye yesterday by Linda Hall on the CNN political blog titled "Can tech personalities break into politics?" The article was about the former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and her move into politics. Hall's post mentions the career changes of former actors, a former astronaut and former athletes who were able to effectively use their high profiles as a means of breaking into political careers. Hall puts forth the idea that if actors, astronauts and athletes can transition into politics, then can tech geeks successfully do the same?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

As I was reading and reflecting on the post, I mentally fast forwarded into the future to imagine the changes that could be brought to bear on the politics of this country if even one of the two most well known techies, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were to enter politics. One such change that might come into being is in gaining and engaging the attention of the voting population. Imagine if they were to be vying for the office of President of the United States. Would either of them really need the support of either of the existing political parties or would they have the ability and the vision to start their own party?

http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/d5-gates-jobs-interview/

In the past, attempts to start new parties have been thwarted by old line political and media gatekeepers, but imagine if an emerging party were able to capitalize on the most advanced aspects of the new media and the ability to enhance and even create those advanced aspects of these new media channels of communication.

Second Life/Second Wife?

I wanted to follow up on the Second Life discussion that arose while we were brainstorming the various digital communication tools. I had a vague memory of an article from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that chronicled a woman who had accused her husband of cheating...with an avatar from Second Life. The original WSJ article, provocatively titled "Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?" outlined the growing conundrum such virtual realities pose, as they specifically raise new questions about what it means to be faithful in this digital day.

As a further update to this story, good old Hollywood seemed to waste no time in seizing on this fodder and as reported in a 2008 W.I.R.E.D article, Universal Pictures has apparently teamed up with a famous director to make the content of the original WSJ article a "reality."

hi everyone

I am not sure that this is my first time dealing with blog or not. However, I have one blog which is very interesting about my country,Thailand. It is a blog that people can show any kind of topic.

http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/2009/07/14/old-town-in-chanthaburi?blog=5