3.3 Talk to me! Chatting/texting/twittering at each other

In preparation for this unit we read E.J Westlake (2008). Friend me if you Facebook: Generation Y and performative surveillance.  The Drama Review 52(4), 21-40.  (Electronic databases)

 on Twitter

Learning Portfolio entry
1. Summarise the main points in the readings noting your agreement and disagreement with the ideas and opinions of the author/speaker.
2. Reflect on your own use of messaging, facebook, and twitter concerns or fears you may have and economic opportunities you might recognise.

Our discussion topic this week was privacy, participation and networks

Our learning objectives were to understand the role of media in social communication and consider concepts of privacy and control in new media/ communication environment
This article discusses the social networking tool Facebook and how people perform themselves through digital media.

We also watched the video presentation: TED talk – Evan Williams

Weekly discussion questions:

• Discuss kinds of communication media used – what is old what is new – what is the balance? Why? What are the benefits of each type?
• How has the concept of privacy shifted in terms of media subjects and media users?
• What happens when communication and other forms of media merge?