TELE 3010 1nd Edition Lecture 26Outline of Current LectureI. New MediaII. Constraints/OpportuntiesCurrent LectureNew Media/Social MediaConvergence of: Information Technologies Networks Digital ContentDigital Media"Digitization: storage, delivery, reception of information in digitized form."Format: Binary code (0-1); binary digits (known as bits). Sequences of binary code are called bytes."Forms: data, text, sound, images.Characteristics of Digital Media1. Manipulable (easily changeable)2. Networkable (shared/exchanged easily)3. Dense (large amounts in small spaces)4. Compressible (reducible and expandable)5. Impartial (indifferent)Convergence- Function — content, technology, networks (telephony, computers, and media)- looking back at the years. 70s: separation80s: new media, but still separate90s: single platformIndustrial — organizational 90s: corporate mergers !Products and Services —80s: business 90s: workers2000s: consumers Networks- Series of interconnected points (Ex: telephones, and Internet)- Internet as Network:- Decentralized; packet switching These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Common protocols (language of community)- World Wide Web (hypertext and linking; html source code; databases of stored information)Interactivity- Participation and user choices — like video games, internet. The idea of the prosumer.- Interactivity changes the dynamics of media.- blurs the distinction between individual and mass audiences - blue the distinction between producers and receivers.- The notion of senders and anonymous receivers becomes problematic.- Interactive communication.Mobility - Computers in a mobile context — like the iPhone and android.- Voice, text, data, images, and GPS are all mobile now.- Pervasive/ubiquitous computing- Re-writing spatial and temporal constraints of human communication.Opportunities of new technologies1. Access to information and ability to participate2. Reduced importance of status3. Value of large networks 4. Multiple sources of information5. Group collaboration of knowledge 6. Timely information7. Anonymity8. Specificity (location) and ability to network.Constraints of new technologies 1. Competencies and financial access2. There is a digital divide3. security concerns 4. Choice and Isolation5. The Truth is hard to determine6. Disappearance of public data7. Safety; responsibility8.
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