WilliamHartPhD's Notes: October 2011

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

MediaTech: REWIND - Steve Jobs, Broadcasting, RSS & Cell Phones

This week we will cover some select content from past blog posts.

This Steve Jobs music video parody was done before Jobs' passing. What do we learn from the video about Jobs and about innovators/inventors?

WilliamHartPhD's Notes: MediaTech: "We all are Steve" Rap Music Video Parody - Tribute to Steve Jobs

What is the process of broadcasting media?

WilliamHartPhD's Notes: MediaTech: Audio/Video Tech (Basics) (U4-P1)
WilliamHartPhD's Notes: MediaTech: Audio/Video Tech (Basics): Steps in Signal Process (U4-P2)

How invented the Internet?

(a) Steve Jobs

(b) Bill Gates

(d) None of the above

iPhones, Droids, Mangos, Oh My (Cell Phones)

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MediaTech in the News for the Week of Oct. 23, 2011 [VID]

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This week...

'Steve Jobs' Book: Tale of Two Steves (ABC)

Steve Jobs, part 1 (CBS - "60 Minutes")
Steve Jobs, part 2 (CBS - "60 Minutes")
The deification of Steve Jobs is Apple's greatest marketing triumph to date (The Guardian)

Consequences of Media Tech Adoption...

NeuroLogica Blog » Cell Phones and Cancer – Update

Effects/Consequences of Other Media...

Brain Size Affected by Facebook Friends (The Atlantic)

New Tech...

New Camera Focuses Shot After It's Taken (NPR)

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The Media Tech in the News posts are "published" every Tuesday evening (or early Wednesday).

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

InterculturalCom: Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence: Principled Negotiation (U9-P4)

InterculturalCom: Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence: Intercultural Conflict (U9-P3)

Intercultural Competency:
Managing Intercultural Conflict

"A Beautiful Mind and Oranges"

This is a clip that I edited and posted on YouTube. I use this clip in my Intercultural Communication course to introduce students to the concept of intercultural competence, especially in conflict situations.

How do you resolve intercultural conflict?
Do Nash's ideas suggest a way?

Background:
JOHN NASH, Princeton Math Prof.
Game theory
Application to economics, international relations, biology, etc.
1994 Nobel Prize

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InterculturalCom: Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence: Bennett's Model (U9-P2)

InterculturalCom: Intercultural Sensitivity and Competence (U9-P1)

This is a clip that I edited and posted on YouTube. I use this clip in my Intercultural Communication course to introduce students to the concept of intercultural sensitivity.

Is Cartman interculturally insensitive? How?
What's it mean to be interculturally sensitive?
Is there a certain perspective/attitude?
Is there a particular set of skills?
How interculturally sensitive are you?
Can a person be too interculturally sensitive?
Relationship to politically correct (PC)?

Intercultural Communication in the News for the Week of Oct. 23, 2011

On Campus...

The State News :: Black Student Alliance condemns racist incidents at Board of Trustees meeting

In Other News...

In Politics...

Editorials & Opinion | Herman Cain, a man at odds with the skin he's in | Seattle Times Newspaper

In Sports...

Evra faces uphill battle to support racist allegations - Premier League, Football - The Independent

The "Kick It Out" campaign.

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The "Intercultural Communication in the News" posts are "published" every Monday (or early Tuesday). Please provide feedback/comments below.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: Cell Phones and Podcasts (U6-P9)

Podcasts Explained

Typically you subscribe to podcasts and listen to them on a computer or a mp3 player.

But, in some cases you can just call a phone number and listen. Check out Podlinez.com.

So, you can use your cell phone to easily access some podcasts.

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MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech:How Do Cell Phones Work: The Deep Questions [VID](U6-P8)

"There are two problems that a cell phone needs to solve in order for them to work."
What are the two problems? Explain.

So where are those cell phone towers?

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MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech:How Do Cell Phones Work (1) [VID] (U6-P7)

MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: Cell Phones and Media Convergence (U6-P6)

MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: How Telephones Work(U6-P5)

Clipped from: electronics.howstuffworks.com (share this clip)

See specifically: Telephones: Digitizing and Delivering (Video)
May also want to check out the full article about how phones work on HowStuffWorks.com.

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MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: More on Digital Divide (Rogers) (U6-P4)

MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: The Digital Divide (U6-P3)

Current News on the Digital Divide

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MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Tech: Types of Consequences (Rogers) (U6-P2)

MediaTech: Cell Phones and the Consequences of Technologies (U5-P1) [VID] - Cell Phone Popcorn

If I say popcorn and cell phones, what pops into your mind?

Seen the videos on the Internet that show people using cell phones to pop popcorn?

Are there health concerns? Is this a serious consequence of us adopting cell phones?

Be sure to stop the video at 3 minutes in and do a little thinking.

More to explore, if you are interested.

How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation? (Skeptoid)

Media Tech in the News for the Week of Oct. 16, 2011 [VID] - Siri Duet

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This week...

Apple, Siri and Artificial Intelligence -- A Duet With Siri (iPhone 4s Song)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is "the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as 'the study and design of intelligent agents' where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success" (Wikipedia).

Is Siri AI? Or is it just speech recognition? Difference?

What do you see in the future for such technology? What is the future of AI and media tech?

More on Apple and Steve Jobs...

What I learned from Steve Jobs (CNET - Guy Kawasaki)

What are your thoughts on Kawasaski's lessons?

In Other News...

How Twitter Tracks the Spread of Disease in Real Time (Mashable)
The 99% (The Daily Show) - Jump to about 1:30 into the clip.

"The People’s Microphone: Bullhorns and microphones are not allowed at Zuccotti Park. Instead, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators addressing the crowd say “mic check,” giving everyone else the cue to loudly repeat short segments of whatever the speaker says so others farther away can hear (Slate.com)

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Blue Eyes - Jane Elliot - Prejudice Reduction Training (U8-P11) [VID]

This is a clip that I edited and posted on YouTube. I use this clip in my Intercultural Communication course to introduce students to methods of using intercultural training to reduce prejudice.

How effective do you think this method is?
Any ethical concerns?

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InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Racism (U8-P10)

Notice any connection between racism and prejudice as previously defined?

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InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Ethnocentrism (U8-P9)

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Stereotype (U8-P8)

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Prejudice (U8-P7)

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Discrimination (U8-P6)

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Assuming Similarity (U8-P5)

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Anxiety & Uncertainty - Bricks 3 & 4 (U8-P4)

Before moving on to the anxiety (Brick #3) and uncertainty (Brick #4), I should point out that we've already covered Bricks 1 and 2.

What are they? What are thing we've already covered that lead to difficulty in intercultural situations?

They are difference in language and differences in nonverbal communication.

And now, anxiety and uncertainty.

InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Intercultural Communication Model (U8-P3)

There is a brick wall between us and effective intercultural communication.
What are the names of the bricks in this wall? What specifically stops us from getting to effective intercultural communication?

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InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference: Basic Interpersonal Skills (U8-P2)

Some Basic Interpersonal Skills Helpful in ICC

Core Skills

Positiveness: Expression of positive attitudes toward self and others.
Other-Orientation: Attentiveness, interest, and concern for others.
Empathy: Feeling as the other feels.

Meta Skills

Mindfulness: Being aware of the above skills.
Metacommunication: Being aware of what is happening in the communication. Being able to think and talk about the talk.

Even before developing effective intercultural communication skills, we need to learn and practice the above basic interpersonal skills. These are fundamental.

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InterculturalCom: Dealing with Difference (U8-P1)

I use to call this lecture "Dealing with Difference," but now I've switched to "Effective Intercultural Communication."
See any reason I changed? Does "Dealing with Difference" imply anything?

Whatever you call it, in intercultural situations, how do we deal with or become more effective?

If we understand exactly where the problems were, then this may help.

The following model helps us spot the potential problems that may arise in intercultural encounters.

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Intercultural Communication in the News for Week of Oct. 16, 2011 [VID]

THIS WEEK...

MLK Monument Dedication...

See previous post: Don't Forget: MLK Memorial Dedication Today in D.C.

On Campus...

'The Learning': Foreign Teachers, U.S. Classrooms (NPR)
The Learning (Full documentary streaming on PBS until Oct. 20th)

The doc is about the culture shock and culture clash that four teachers from the Philippines face when they start teaching in the United States.

In Research...

Everyone's a Little Bit Racist, but It May Not Be Your Fault, Study Suggests (ScienceDaily)

Culture Poisons Brain With Racism, Study Finds (LiveScience)

Racial prejudice can be fought through imitation (NewKerala.com)
Changing Race by Changing Clothes? Stereotypes and Status Symbols Impact If a Face Is Viewed as Black or White (ScienceDaily)

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Don't Forget: MLK Memorial Dedication Today in D.C.

Obama, civil rights leaders dedicate MLK memorial (Washington Post) [VIDEO]
Thousands mark MLK dedication in DC (MSNBC)

Also see a previous post: Don't Forget: MLK 2.0 - The Peace Speech.

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Fav New TED Vid: Culturomics - Quantitative Textual Analysis on a Large Scale

Culturomics: "the application of massive scale data collection and analysis to the study of human culture.'

Google Books Ngram Viewer - try some names or words.

Culturomics.org

See my bookmarks on culturomics and my culturomics stack including more video.

If you are interested in doing a research project using culturomics, let me know.

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New photo on my Flickr: Praying ...

Title: "Praying ..."
Photographer: William Hart, Ph.D.
Description: in our garden
Taken: October 15, 2011 at 04:34AM
(C) William Hart

Friday, October 14, 2011

Cornel West @ TCC

West will be at TCC this month.
Details l8r.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: RSS Readers (U5-P10) [VID]

Google Reader is an example of a RSS reader.

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MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: How RSS Works (U5-P9) [VID]

MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: What is a Blog? (U5-P8) [VID]

MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: How Email Works (U5-P7) [VID]

MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: Cloud Computing and Google Docs (U5-P6) [VID]

Cloud computing: "the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility (like the electricity grid) over a network (typically the Internet)." (Wikipedia)

Cloud computing: "In essence, personal cloud computing means having every piece of data you need for every aspect of your life at your fingertips and ready for use. Data must be mobile, transferable, and instantly accessible. The key to enabling the portable and interactive you is the ability to synch up your data among your devices, as well as access to shared data. Shared data is the data we access online in any number of places, such as social networks, banks, blogs, newsrooms, paid communities, etc." (PC Mag)

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MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: The Internet Explained (U5-P5) [VID]

MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: History of the Internet (U5-P4) [VID]

MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: New Communication Technology - Rogers and Hart (U5-P3)

How does Steve Jobs fit in here?

Source: The Changing Conversation in America, edited by Eadie and Nelson

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MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics: Winston's Model (U5-P2)

How much do you know about the development of the Internet and the use of computers as communication tools?

Can you trace the development of the Internet using Winston's model?

Source: Media Technology and Society: A History From the Telegraph to the Internet

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MediaTech: Internet/New Media: The Basics (U5-P1)

Your Internet Use?

In a typical week…

How much time do you spend with e-mail?
How many times do you check email?
How much time do you spend browsing the Web?
How many times do you go to computer to browse?
What sites do you visit?

Is there a question or two missing that should be asked about Internet use?

So, you use it, you use it a lot, but what do you know about it? How did the Internet get started? What all does it offer? Where is it headed?

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

InterculturalCom: Cultural Identity and The Debut: Minority Identity Development (U7-P2)

Source: Intercultural Communication in Contexts by Martin and Nakayama

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InterculturalCom: Cultural Identity and The Debut (U7-P1)

An excellent way to explore the topics related to cultural identity is by watching The Debut.

Besides helping us to understand cultural identity, the film also allows to learn some about Filipino culture.

Here are some Filipino cultural literacy to learn from the film.

Tagalog: main language
Barkada: peer group
Oo: yes
Singkil: "the stick dance"

Collectivism/Individualism Through Dance
See this video I posted on YouTube. How does it relate to the film?

The above clip is from I'm Normal, You're Weird! Understanding Other Cultures. This was an excellent teaching resource. I wish that it was released in some form on DVD.

Do you spot the following Filipino values?

Family/Group (Authority)
Food
Education/Success

Also, what do you notice in the film about Filipino "Time Orientation"?

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