JMC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Media Literacy, Social Comparison Theory

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Journalism & Mass Communication
• Course: JMC 1100
• Professor: Rachel Young

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Part 1: in chapter 11 of your textbook, the author describes the research of reeves and nass, who argue that individuals" interactions with computers, television, and new media are fundamentally social and natural, just like interactions in real life. The media equation: how people treat computers, television and new media like real. Part 2: the author of this week"s discussion reading worries that technology is making it harder for us to connect with one another emotionally. First describe two positive effects of technology like cell phones, the internet, and social media on our social lives and our interactions with others. Please give specific examples of how you think use of technology can bring social positives, like increased empathy, understanding, or connection. For example, with the internet, in class, it gives countless resources for enhancing education (apps, websites, e-textbooks), makes learning more fun, easy to access information that can supply learning experience (increase understand in education)