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Hello everyone. This is my user page, how exciting! I am doing a degree in Mass Communication and are majoring in Media and Communication and Television. I am currently very sick of my job, so feel free to let me know if you can get me a new one ;) I hope to do work in the area of event management, at the end of next year, which hopefully will go according to plan!
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The Recent Interactive Media's Impact on Society's Relationships
Topic Definition
Interactive Media
The Internet, (including the World Wide Web and Internet forums), computer games, online games, video games, interactive television, and pervasive computing. This media includes many fields, such as: electronic arts, design (graphic, gaming, etc.), architectural visualization and simulation, and even rapid prototyping.
New Media, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Media (accessed August 7, 2005).
Impact
The effect or impression of one thing on another.
Impact, Dictionary.com. 2005. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Impact (accessed August 7, 2005)
Society
The casual meaning of society simply refers to a group of people living together in an ordered community, for example English society or American society.
The social sciences use the term society to mean a group of people that form a semi-closed (or semi-open) social system, in which most interactions are with other individuals belonging to the group. More abstractly, a society is defined as a network of relationships between social entities. A society is also sometimes defined as an interdependent community, but the sociologist Tőnnies seek to draw a contrast between a society and a
Society, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society (accessed August 7, 2005).
Relationships
The condition or fact of being related; connection or association, having a connection by blood or marriage, a particular type of connection existing between people related to or having dealings with each other or a romantic or sexual involvement. Relationships, Dictionary.com. 2005.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Relationships (accessed August 7, 2005)
--Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- BOYLE, M. and GREENBERG, S. 2005. The language of privacy: Learning from video media space analysis and design. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Volume 12, Issue 2, 328:370 (accessed August 7, 2005).
- http://delivery.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/10.1145/1070000/1067868/p328-boyle.pdf?key1=1067868&key2=6349543211&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=51778291&
- This journal discusses video media and privacy; with the misuse, ethical question and concerns from users and nonusers. Boyle and Greenberg draw on resources in environmental psychology, sociology and behavioural psychology and analysed privacy-design relationships.
- However they found it difficult to complete their understanding of privacy from these resource areas because of the different vocabularies/terms used by each. Yet video media spaces are promising in creating increased group interaction. Although they are perceived by users and nonusers to be privacy invasive and privacy insensitive because they allow privacy violations; some being subtle to obvious and from inconsequential to intolerable.
- Early users of media spaces were enthusiastic about the technology but were also aware of its potential for sociological and psychological impact. These problems and combination of participants makes video media spaces excellent crucible for investigating the privacy-design link. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Bunyan, M., Gibbs, M., Howard, S., Kjeldskov, J., Mecoles, K., Mueller, F., Pedell, S., Vetere, F. 2005. Mediating Intimacy: Designing Technologies to Support Strong-Tie Relationships. Affect and Intimacy, 471:480 (accessed August 7, 2005, from acm PORTAL database).
- http://delivery.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/10.1145/1060000/1055038/p471-vetere.pdf?key1=1055038&key2=8719543211&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=51778291&
- This journal describes how intimacy is a crucial element of domestic life. It outlines that interactive technology wasn’t designed for the purpose which is appropriated for use within intimate relationships; SMS (Short Message Service). Bunya, et al offers an insightful looks into how there is a deficit in the current understanding of how technologies are used within intimate relationships and how to design technologies to support intimate acts. Bunya, et al using cultural probes, fieldwork and mediation, explored many aspects of the intimate relationship.
- Bunya, et al also describes that an intimate relationship often doesn’t require technology, but technology manipulates people to help them feel connected to those they care for. It is such a strong desire, that they are willing to spend significant amounts of money on communication technologies to make them feel nurtured and maintained. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Carroll, J. and Rosson, M. 2001. Better Home Shopping or New Democracy? Evaluating Community Network Outcomes. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 372:379. (accessed August 7, 2005).
- http://delivery.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/10.1145/370000/365301/p372-carroll.pdf?key1=365301&key2=1738543211&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=51778291&C
- This journal provides a detailed introduction to sociotechnical infrastructures supporting villages, towns and neighbourhoods. Carroll and Rosson advise that little is known about the economic, social and psychological consequences of community networks; including individuals, groups and communities. They offer hope to the inspiring local communities taking control of their interactive media and ideas but also state the ominous idea that networks are poorly funded and only attract local resources. Carroll and Rosson describe how communities work together, adapting and changing and yet are still unique from one another. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Clark, D., Cook, K., Faber, B., Zachry, M. 2001. The changing face of technical communication: new directions for the field in a new millennium. ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communication, 248:260 (accessed August 8, 2005).
- http://delivery.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/10.1145/510000/501573/p248-zachry.pdf?key1=501573&key2=9929543211&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=51778291&C
- This journal covers a wide rang of information relating to different factors shaping the future of technical communication; user-centered design, corporate universities, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and knowledge management. Brenton et al offers an insightful account of how these factors are integrating themselves into technical communication, with changes of technical communication language and deliver methods shifting; with new alliances emerging. This has lead to technical communication being more complex, with participants (practitioners, researchers, and educators) needing to adapt to this reconfiguration. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Donnelly, R. and Hermann, R. 1994. Building an Internet resource for a specialized online community. ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communications, 190:197 (accessed August 8, 2005).
- http://delivery.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/10.1145/200000/192563/p190-donnelly.pdf?key1=192563&key2=2409543211&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=51778291&C
- This journal discusses SPIE; The International Society for Optical Engineering, a non-profit technical society dedicated to the distribution of information in the fields of optics, optoelectronics and their related fields. Donnelly and Hermann detail SPIE’s respond to future scenario of pervasive interconnectivity amongst the scientific community and to address issues from the changing paradigm for technical publishing.
- SPIE’s main concern is what will happen to the delicately balanced relationship between authors, publishers and libraries; the major components of the professional technical publishing world, as networking technology and usage continues to develop and expand.
- With SPIE’s technical advances this concern is becoming a major reality, in recent years the changes taken place in the way we do business, communicate, collect and distribute technical information have been remarkable, stated Donnelly and Hermann. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Fiore A. and Donath J. 2005. Homophily in online dating: when do you like someone like yourself. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems?, 1371:1374. (accessed August 8, 2005).
- http://portal.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/citation.cfm?id=1056919&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=52144459&CFTOKEN=61061729
- This journal looks into the recent boom in online dating; relationships and communication. Donath and Fiore offer a statistical look into the types of people who are seeking a relationship online and how they portray themselves. They described what type of people online daters were seeking, what they wanted from a relationship, what types of people use online dating websites and how many people contact each other via SMS or other means of communication. From the information Donath and Fiore received they gave findings about the features of people using online dating. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Hoadley, C. and Kilner, P. 2005. Using Technology to Transform Communities of Practice into Knowledge-Building Communities. SIGGROUP Bulletin, Volume 25, Issue 1, 31:40. (accessed August 7, 2005 from acm PORTAL database).
- http://delivery.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/10.1145/1070000/1067705/p31-hoadley.pdf?key1=1067705&key2=7498543211&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=51778291&
- This journal provides theoretical frameworks for the learning of communities with technology. Hoadley and Kilner examined literature with online communities, learning and knowledge building. Through these frameworks they explored how technology plays and important role in the communities learning.
- Hoadley and Kilner offer an insightful account into the behaviourist learning, developmental learning, cognitive learning, and sociocultural learning and the challenges of distinguishing between fostering desired learning and indiscriminately learning.
- Hoadley and Kilner also describe the activities that took place within their community would have been extremely difficult without interactive media because the distances were too great and content to slow. They illustrated that technology is a way to help boost group’s collective intelligence through networks, which are knowledge building communities. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Ishiguro, H. 2002. Toward interactive humanoid robots: a constructive approach to developing intelligent robots. International Conference on Autonomous Agents, 621:622. (accessed August 8, 2005).
- http://portal.acm.org.ezp02.library.qut.edu.au/citation.cfm?id=544863&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=52144459&CFTOKEN=61061729
- This journal provides a look to the future, with human and robot interaction. Ishiguro informs us about the impressive functions of the interactive robots; therapy and mental care for the young, elderly and handicapped people. He gives us details on how humans and robots interact, from case studies undertaken using the AIBO, NeCoRo, Tama and Robovie all robot pets, with differentiating functions. All the pet robots have the same common feature; to support a different aspect of communication by using computers. However Ishiguro also offers us the extensive studies and more interdisciplinary collaboration with medical science are needed with this new technology. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
- Jankowski, N., Jones, S., Lievrouw, L,. Silverstone, R. 2003. Media and Society. Legends on the new media, 37-111.
- This journal gives an insight into interactive media helping disadvantaged people. It describes how interactive media only substitutes from oral and written communication, but oral communication still remain the primary means of human communication.
- Jankowski. N, et al researched 16 publicly available computer labs, which helped disadvantaged people in the community, including adults seeking employment and children wanting to expand their knowledge. However Jankowski. N, et al explain ‘community centres, like schools and libraries are usually understaffed in IT support, and thus they struggle to keep the technology up and running, again making social goals secondary by default.’ Giving an insightful look into how technology affects the community in many ways. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
These journals all give different aspects of the topic “The Recent Interactive Media's Impact on Society's Relationships�?, however they all link together. Interactive media is having a major impact on how people are interacting socially in their relationship with on another. Whether it is looking for a partner online instead of in a bar or robots helping people with disabilities, giving them better quality of life. There are also helpful and poor aspects to these technological advances, discussed though these journals. --Jessica O'Connor 10.49, 12 Aug 2005 (EST)
