RTF 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Video Game Development, Bowling Alone, Mobile Media
8 May 2016
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Key issues for social media: changes in how our social networks work. Shift from strong to weak tie networks: privacy and control issues in online social nets. Increased data for surveillance by bosses, political parties, advertisers, credit bureaus. Social media: media that facilitate & increase interactivity and communication among people. Ex: email, social networking, im, voice chat, interactive games, texting. But how social: how does the internet affect interpersonal relationships, concerns over loss of face-to-face interaction, disintegration of community, social isolation, false identities, etc, similar concerns with all new comm. tech. Impact of social connectivity from grade school to college: positives: Much easier to stay in touch with family and friends. You have personal scrapbook and record stretching back to childhood. New friends can get to know you quickly: negatives: Much easier to be monitored by family and friends. Your prospective boss can see junior high you in your facebook timeline.
