Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Week 1 - explaination of topic 1

of mchome you can see the weeks reading and some tips/hints/questions about the reading we need to think about... extract below from mchome...

TOPIC 1 wk 1
Please familiarise yourself with the range of communication forms on the internet.
Do some online research and share your thoughts with others (IRL or online)
a) What are the characteristics (in terms of the kinds of communication they allow) of the following?:
b) How do you use them if you do; what for; what’s your experience of using them?
Email and email lists
Usenet and Bulletin board systems
IRL’s chat rooms, messenger services
MUDs + MOOs – merging with online gaming
Website
(Lister et al. p 166)
basically i think we all did a pretty good job today of familiarising ourselves with the internet/blogs/IRL...
im begining the reading asap... tonight probs (let me know once u get through it) or bits of it. and of course what you think of it. if theres a certain bit you think could benefit us all etc...
ill be lookin at a and b (above) whilst ready and let you know what i thought too.
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  1. Maddy20 January 2009 at 19:36

    forgot to add... this is the website link to the study guide this week...

    http://mchome.lincoln.ac.uk/newmediacultures/W1%20Study%20Guide%20html.mht

    and theres a part 2 as well as the bit i just wrote about. give it a read and get back to me. thanks

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  2. Hannah Mason21 January 2009 at 13:17

    Hiya Maddy, I'm still a bit new to this blogging malarky. I'm going to be doing this weeks reading later so will post a link when I do and will update the forum as well. Byee

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  3. Hannah Mason21 January 2009 at 13:18

    p.s. Are you just blogging on here, i went to the forum page on mcc home and don't see an individual group page for us to update each other with?

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  4. Katie-Halliday21 January 2009 at 13:36

    Hey guys... I think we're all on the same track!!
    And hannah I think, on here is the only place us for can just talk, and forum is for are seminar group.
    I'm also looking at topic one for this week, and will hopefully have it done by tomorrow afternoon, along with some notes on the reading.
    Good luck guys.

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  5. Maddy22 January 2009 at 10:50

    yer i agree with hannah... we blog on our own pages about our readings and the notes we make then comment on each others.

    its kinda like havin a seminar - talkin about the text etc - but no lecture lol!

    im getting through the reading but slowly... anyone else think theres to much?

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