Mariela Gunn
Office: PAR 102
Hours: M 4-5 & Th 10-12
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Please introduce yourself to the class. Feel free to share as much or as little information as you are comfortable with.
| 5 | 8 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
What does the discussion of replicators, genotypes, and phenotypes have to do with cyberspace?
| 1 | 1 | 24 weeks 2 days ago by chagar |
Heim speaks of several types of immersion. What are they? Which ones have you experienced? What local places can you think of (on campus, in Austin, etc.) where one can experience the various types of immersion?
| 15 | 15 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
Richard Thieme seems to expose a lot of chicanery in the UFO domain, but he also seems to take UFO reports seriously. Where do you think he stands on the subject? What's your evidence?
| 18 | 20 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
It can be argued that we each in varying degrees play different roles or have different identities in our actual lives (e.g. son, daughter, teacher, student, etc.). But what is Turkle talking about that is different in terms of being other people or playing roles? What do you make of her reference to Carl Jung?
| 16 | 17 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
What do you make of the legend of the ronin? Could you base your life on such a worldview? If not on the ronin, do you base your life on another legend or image or personage that stands for individuality?
| 12 | 16 | 19 weeks 2 days ago by Klive Thompson |
Think of a successful contemporary person who you believe could fit into Leary's category of the new breed. Describe that person to us and tell us how and why you define them as "new breed."
| 1 | 1 | 22 weeks 15 hours ago by chagar |
Please review the transcript of the in class chat, which you can find in Blackboard. Which public figures were hardest and easiest to recognize and why? What features were the most revealing? Feel free to refer to places in the transcript to illustrate your reasoning.
| 12 | 14 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
Determine what Rheingold is describing when he speaks of swarm intelligence and the social mind. After reading Rheingold, do you see that you have been involved in some form or other in "swarming"? What have you learned from Rheingold's many examples about how to cooperate more productively with your friends?
| 15 | 17 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
What is the basic difference between the interface of being IRL and the interface of VR? Should there be warnings, as we find on packs of cigarettes and bottles of drinks with alcohol, when people enter cyberspace or VR? When they enter an IRC or a MUD or MOO?
| 17 | 17 | 19 weeks 4 hours ago by Jenny Jiang |
What are the risks, pleasures, and dangers of representing oneself as a member of a different race online? Is there any particular group that benefits from this practice, according to this article? In what way do they benefit? Is there any group that suffers? Which group and in what way?
| 13 | 16 | 19 weeks 2 hours ago by Charlie Cha |
What might be the difference between sexual harrassment in actuality, over the telephone, in e-mail messages, or at a MUD/MOO? How might the consequences for the person being harrassed or assaulted be different based on the medium?
| 12 | 16 | 18 weeks 2 days ago by Klive Thompson |
What is Barlow's attitude toward the hackers in the Harper's forum? Does his attitude remain the same throughout the text? Toward the end of the article, Barlow refers to the "Pentagon Papers." What is he talking about and what is its relevance?
NOTE: Please be specific in your answer and refer to the text for support of your opinion.
| 13 | 14 | 18 weeks 3 hours ago by andyyang |
Using Google, search with key terms based on your reading for relevant sites on Boynton's legal anecdote concerning students at Swarthmore College and Diebold Election Systems. In fact, see if you can find any information on students' websites. What do you garner from this search that adds to Boynton's discussion?
| 16 | 18 | 17 weeks 2 days ago by Charlie Cha |
What might Kelly mean when he writes "Free is overrated as a destiny. It is only the second phase of the three stages of copydom"? The passing of the recording industry and of the practice of "free" information are difficult to accept, but what precisely is Kelly suggesting here?
| 15 | 16 | 17 weeks 2 hours ago by Charlie Cha |
Schwartz's is a brief, but dense, essay. His attitude towards adolescents and teenagers is both negative and positive. When he places young people in context, he for the most part blames their parents or society for their not knowing the difference between reality and virtuality. How do you think Schwartz sees the relationship between the young and the old, between old technology and the new?
NOTE: In this forum, we are dealing with just one of the assigned texts for Tuesday, but be sure to read both for class.
| 16 | 16 | 16 weeks 2 days ago by priddykg |
Please find at least one cartoon online that relates to digital technology, to ideas of virtual vs. real, etc. Give us a link to the cartoon and explain your interpretation of it. Looking at the cartoons in our textbook can help you get started.
| 12 | 12 | 16 weeks 48 min ago by chagar |