MediaTech: Key Theories Related to Media Tech (U1-P5) Fa14

What are some key theories related to communication/media technology?

• Diffusion of Innovations
• Social Construction of Technology
• Technological Determinism
• Winston’s Model Communication Technology Development
• Others...

Examples:

Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations
“the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.”(Rogers).

Winston’s Model of Communication Technology Technology Development, 
Winston's models explains how technologies develop from idea to prototype to diffusion.

Media Technology and Society: A History From the Telegraph to the Internet by Brian Winston.





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InterculturalCom: What are the Hazards & Benefits of Studying ICC? (U1-P5) Fa14

When we are studying intercultural communication, what hazards do we want to be careful to avoid?

What are the benefits of studying intercultural communication?  What do we get out of it?  How can it help us?

Hazards

• Oversimplification
  • Ignore exceptions and subtleties
• Overgeneralizations
  • Assume all people that share a culture are the same
• Exaggeration
  • Overstate differences between groups of people

Benefits -- Knowledge

• Personal Empowerment
• Freedom from Ignorance
• Productive Relationships

What have been the hazards and benefits for you?  Same as above?


Source: Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communication by Brad Hall
(Note: Dr. Brad Hall was an intercultural communication prof of mine while I worked on my Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico.)



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MediaTech: Key Theories Related to Media Tech (U1-P5) fa13

What are some key theories related to communication/media technology?

• Diffusion of Innovations
• Social Construction of Technology
• Technological Determinism
• Winston’s Model Communication Technology Development
• Others...

Examples:

Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations
“the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.”(Rogers).

Winston’s Model of Communication Technology Technology Development, 
Winston's models explains how technologies develop from idea to prototype to diffusion.

Media Technology and Society: A History From the Telegraph to the Internet by Brian Winston.





More details on these theories later.




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InterculturalCom: What are the Hazards & Benefits of Studying ICC? (U1-P5) fa13

When we are studying intercultural communication, what hazards do we want to be careful to avoid?

What are the benefits of studying intercultural communication?  What do we get out of it?  How can it help us?

Hazards

• Oversimplification
  • Ignore exceptions and subtleties
• Overgeneralizations
  • Assume all people that share a culture are the same
• Exaggeration
  • Overstate differences between groups of people

Benefits -- Knowledge

• Personal Empowerment
• Freedom from Ignorance
• Productive Relationships

What have been the hazards and benefits for you?  Same as above?


Source: Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communication by Brad Hall
(Note: Dr. Brad Hall was an intercultural communication prof of mine while I worked on my Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico.)



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MediaTech: Key Theories Related to Media Tech (U1-P5) fa12

What are some key theories related to communication/media technology?

• Diffusion of Innovations
• Social Construction of Technology
• Technological Determinism
• Winston’s Model Communication Technology Development
• Others...

Examples:

Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations
“the process by which an innovation is communication through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.”(Rogers).

Winston’s Model Communication Technology Development
Winston's models explains how technologies develop from idea to prototype to diffusion.

Media Technology and Society: A History From the Telegrapph to the Internet by Brian Winston.









More details on these theories later.


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InterculturalCom: What are the Hazards & Benefits of Studying ICC? (U1-P5) fa12

Hazards

• Oversimplification
• Ignore exceptions and subtleties
• Overgeneralizations
• Assume all people that share a culture are the same
• Exaggeration
• Overstate differences between groups of people

Benefits -- Knowledge

• Personal Empowerment
• Freedom from Ignorance
• Productive Relationships

What have been the hazards and benefits for you?



Source: Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communication by Brad Hall
(Note: Dr. Brad Hall was an intercultural communication prof of mine while I worked on my Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico.)


Visit WilliamHartPhD.com

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MediaTech: Key Theories Related to Media Tech (U1-P5)

What are some key theories related to communication/media technology?

• Diffusion of Innovations
• Social Construction of Technology
• Technological Determinism
• Winston’s Model Communication Technology Development
• Others...

Examples:

Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations
“the process by which an innovation is communication through certain channels over time among the members of a social system.”(Rogers).

Winston’s Model Communication Technology Development
Winston's models explains how technologies develop from idea to prototype to diffusion.

Media Technology and Society: A History From the Telegrapph to the Internet by Brian Winston.





More details on these theories later.


Visit WilliamHartPhD.com

InterculturalCom: What are the Hazards & Benefits of Studying ICC? (U1-P5)

Hazards

• Oversimplification
• Ignore exceptions and subtleties
• Overgeneralizations
• Assume all people that share a culture are the same
• Exaggeration
• Overstate differences between groups of people

Benefits -- Knowledge

• Personal Empowerment
• Freedom from Ignorance
• Productive Relationships

What have been the hazards and benefits for you?



Source: Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communication by Brad Hall
(Note: Dr. Brad Hall was an intercultural communication prof of mine while I worked on my Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico.)


Visit WilliamHartPhD.com