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Week 7Mobile Power
Machinima Project
Can still change from web project!
Tuesdays from 3.30 – 5.30pm in Orion
Lab
See this site for details:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36918627/Wo
rld-of-Chaucer-05092010
ASSESSMENTS
Web Projects & Blogs
Nancy Baym
http://www.onlinefandom.com/archives/why-despite-myself-i-
am-not-leaving-facebook-yet/
YouTube Stars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9La2Q
9AOUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keG4O
5_y0Ks&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQ2v
P3oOhY&NR=1
Actor-Network Theory
In a nutshell:
◦ Understanding relationship between humans,
systems, and machines in computer
networked communications
◦ Strategies for relating different elements
together into a network so they form an
(apparently) coherent whole
Characteristics of ANT
Transient and in flux
Not necessarily coherent: may contain conflicts
Refusal of essentialism
Agency for non-human actants
Network are created through translation
◦ “The process of negotiation, mobilization, and displacement that aims to establish enduring relations between actors, entities, and places.”
Murdoch in Cupples & Thompson, p. 7
Discussion
1. Why is texting so popular?
2. What are the social advantages of
texting?
3. What tactics or strategies are used in
communicating by text?
4. What do Cupples & Thompson mean by
“heterotextuality”?
5. In what ways have texting technologies
and practices transformed language?
Mobile Affordances
Research one of the following countries:
On these topics:
UK
Japan
Finland
Korea
USA
Philippines
Australia
History & future of mobile comm.
Development of premium rate services
Unique uses of mobiles
Changing national cultures and identities
Research relationships of mobile to:
◦ Gambling
◦ Television content
◦ Pornography / adult content
◦ Surveillance
◦ News and information gathering
◦ Regulation
Web Projects
Develop your web project
◦ Work on the design
◦ Add new content
◦ Expand your audience
Need help? Just ask!
Recommended:
http://www.onlinelogomaker.com/
