I was reading a book on film theory, French Cinema: A Student’s Guide (Powrie & Reader, Oxford University Press, 2002; currently out of print in the USA), and I found a chapter that I really wish I had assigned to this class (there is always next fall, right?). The chapter contains a very handy description…
I’d like to thank all members of the class for participating in this blog during our class. As I mentioned, I intend to keep it alive going into the new year, and you are welcome to continue contributing (and I hope people will!). I wanted to close with a few random notes and announcements. I…
As we discussed in class… people are putting their backstage behavior online for the world to view… My favorite paragraph: Another member of the Facebook group is more cautious. Laura, a 22-year-old business major, took down a drunken video of herself after being contacted by CNN for an interview, saying the request made her…
…anew genre I hadn’t thought about. via http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/fictional_computer_interface_design_8346.asp
Jeff and or Marty Where do you want the final paper submitted? There isn’t an assignment slot that I saw on oncourse. Thanks!
I noticed that the generic ACM template that was posted earlier on the blog is actually a little different than the official CHI format found here: http://chi2008.org/chi2008pubsformat.doc I’m sure that both templates are acceptable and not much different in length. Basically the CHI format has larger body text but smaller section headings. However I do…
BASIC THESIS: Goffman’s theory of front stage and backstage is being blurred by technology, more specifically YouTube. Behaviors that Goffman saw as backstage are being moved to the front stage because of the availability of this new technology. People are posting videos of themselves on YouTube, behavior Goffman would consider backstage, to a very large…
Read more My argument for final paper (YouTube and Goffman).
I meant to mention this in class, but I wanted to share a few thoughts on how to structure (or sequence, or arrange into a syntagm yayy!) a critical essay. A scientific paper in our field typically has the following structure (and you are welcome to use it in this class, if it makes sense…
I’ve heard enough from a sufficient number of people to worry about tomorrow’s deadline for the paper. I am therefore granting an extension on the paper until Sunday at midnight. Please bring all of your materials to class today, and we can have an emergency how-to-develop-an-argument lecture (if needed), or we can do whatever. Also,…
Interaction Culture 