1. Lorena Swift
Internet Censorship in China
-Lorena, overall I understood what your project was talking about but I am confused as to what your specific argument was within your presentation.
-I was clear in understanding that there are censorship issues within China, but there didn't seem to be a specific argument about the censorship?
-Some questions I had regarding your project:
- Did you try searching for other terms other than America within your specific search? If so what other words did you use and did they all yield similar results?
-Even though there is censorship in China did you look at blogs from China, or rather blogs from individuals living within China to see what type of content is being made available through them?
-Did any of your research touch on cell phone usage and activism utilizing cell phones within China?
-In your presentation you showed a video of an Australian spokesman saying that China is progressing forward in their human rights agenda. Did you find any other research or material that would support that conclusion?
-I did find it interesting that you mentioned that GoDaddy.com stopped selling China or .cn URL's...... Check this link to Wikipedia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cn
I don't believe GoDaddy.com or many other domain providers in the United States have offered .cn URL's
-You also specified in your presentation that we have Internet censorship here in the United States. What censorship were you referring to and how are you tying it to censorship within China?
-The great thing about the topic you chose is that there is an abundant amount of information and scholarly articles available to you. I would suggest focusing on a specific aspect of the censorship within China and go from there.
-A quick response about your question, "How does Internet censorship affect our culture?"
I really believe that Internet censorship has more to do with our government and media more than anything. We have the ability to be free and post almost anything that we wish on the Internet, or rather anything that is in the realm of legal nature. The censorship in this country centers on media/government agendas and leaves very little room for people to critically and responsibly think about what may really be going on in America, or the world for that matter. Most people don't typically care about these "agendas" and so they are swept under the rug, so to speak; without too much concern from the majority of the population. That's why we see people that may think critically or "outside the box" as "misfits" or "extremists" in some instances. That's not to say that there aren't some crazy people out there, but it's important to realize that "we the people" often censor ourselves."
Sheila Newsom
Gender Roles - Traditional Gender Roles Within Social Networking Sites
-In your presentation you discussed how programmers were responsible for creating gender based roles within social networking sites. My question to you is, "How are they specifically responsible? Don't we as individuals often perpetuate the gender roles in online spaces as well as in real spaces? How can we blame programmers when we as the individuals are the ones perpetuating these roles? You hit the nail on the head to my questions when you utilized the Club Penguin example. Individuals within the site started affirming what gender they were irregardless of the programmers intentions in making the site non-gender specific. In other words…We as people reinforce these, not programmers.
-I'm trying figure out what you are specifically arguing. Are you arguing that these sites perpetuate gender roles and bias? Are you arguing that real life gender roles and bias translate into virtual spaces and if so where is the argument? I wasn't clear on what you were specifically arguing???
-Another thing that interested me was the use of Avatars which used no specific gender relation...Your example of nature scenes and animals made me question how we assign roles in those instances. Just a curious question, not sure if there is an answer?
Maurice Smiley
Cell Phone Technology: How it's changing Agriculture in Rural America
-A statement that you made in your presentation eluded to cell phone service being available "everywhere". Since you are specifically doing your research on rural areas, how sure are you that all of these rural farming areas have cell phone service and the availability of the technology/tools you are referring to? Statistics regarding rural cell/internet service may be appropriate to back this claim or may be needed to give your paper effective credibility.
-I thought that out of all the presentations today, yours seemed to be the most intriguing. I like where you were going with your presentation because I believe that technology is going to continually help farmers in general, especially those within technologically advanced societies.
-It's interesting to note how G.P.S. technology is changing farming practices currently. G.P.S. technology is making farming more efficient, "steering" for the farmer, and effectively conserving more seed, fertilizer, and chemicals which lead to higher profits. Is cell phone technology compatible with any of this technology currently?
-Does any of your research touch on how cell phone technology is teaching potential or new farmers to farm?
-Lastly, you may want to see if it's possible to center on a specific crop instead of saying farming in general. It may further the credibility of your argument.
Corrinda Lathan
Can Children Learn Through Gaming?
-As I listened to your presentation I couldn't help but think about a book I read for one of my other classes called "Grown up Digital", by Don Tapscott. He talks in some depth about the immediate rewards of gaming and how they influence learning and thinking. You should check it out, it will probably be a great addition to your research.
In your presentation on Thursday I never really saw your "what they don't learn" side of your arugment. I was curious as to how you were going to fit that into your paper and what you were specifically going to address (subject matter).
One question that I had for you that may fit into your paper as well would be, "How are we adapting gaming to different types of learning styles? Many people learn differently as I'm sure you've been taught in your education field. So one game that may work for half or even three quarters of a class may not work for everyone. How would you propose through your research that we would overcome that specific issue?
Kathy
"Old school politics vs new school (Internet) politics - How Obama used the Internet to win the 2008 election."
-Listening to your presentation the other day made me think of a few things and made me ask some questions regarding how you are going to address your paper.
-You noted that the Obama campaign was more effective in utilizing the Internet in order to effectively campaign than other presidential hopefuls such as Howard Dean. One thing that is important to realize is that the Campaigns took place four years apart - Dean's in 2004 and Obama's in 2008. This time gap is significant because Internet usage in terms of numbers as well as media was far different and grew exponentially over that time period.
-It's also important to note that Obama used a strategy that was directed specifically towards younger voters and minorities, groups that typically had lower voter turnouts. Obama successfully campaigned to these potential voters, gaining support from them because of his rhetoric that was aimed at issues important to these younger/minority voters.
-You also never specifically gave any example of HOW Obama utilized the Internet to effectively gain presidency. It's important for your argument to show HOW Obama utilized certain Internet niche's to his advantage and propogated his message through them.
-Since you brought Howard Dean into your argument it would be equally important to show WHY Dean's campaign failed to realize the full potential of the Internet and it's uses.
-Another thing to keep in mind....Obama ran a large "meet and greet" campaign to start gathering support for his presedential election shortly after the 2004 elections. How might this have affected the outcome if he wouldn't have started campaigning so early in the "game"?
-One other area that you may want to research is how Obama effectively utilized mobile technologies, such as cell phones to effectively campaign and reach potential voters.
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