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Technologies of Communication
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Understanding Communication Technologies
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Well established systems: From individual to
converging technologies
Challenges of Converging Communication
Technologies
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Changes, issues, and lives in the information age
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Understanding Communication
Technologies
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Written communication
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Exchanging messages in distance
Memorandum
Primary advantage: paper trail
Disadvantage: may be ignored; limits in
transmission and physical storage
Telephone communication
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Telephone etiquette (pp. 324-325)
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Understanding Communication
Technologies
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Computer-mediated communication
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Language of the NET (p. 326)
Cyber activities
Unusual Cybercommuncation:
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Cybermemorials
Cybersex
Freedom, taking control
Cyberprints, security, privacy
Teleconferencing
Interconnected communication technologies
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“New media forms seldom fully replace old ones.”
Interconnectivity among various devices
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Challenges of Converging Communication
Technologies
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Managing information flow and overload
Ensuring democratic access
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Rethinking what community means
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Social division and equal access
Virtual community
Narcissism
Regulating cyberspace
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Advertising
Privacy and surveillance
Hacker
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