Summary, Lecture 1

Summary, Lecture 1- Introduction to New Communication Technologies

What is communication?
Communication transfers information to other people.

For a long time the basic model said, that “The speaker produces a message that is heard by the listener.” (Aristotle)
Because communication is more than that- it’s a bigger complex, we have a new model today.
“The speaker produces an effect on the transmitter which sends a message (which is degraded by the noise of the transmission process) that is intercepted by the receiver which converts it into an effect that is heard by the listener.” (Shannon & Weaver)

What is Technology?
The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives and to the world.
- Analog
- Digital
- Convergence

Old Communication Technologies:
- Oral
- Graphic
- Written (mail)
- Radio
- Telephone (Landline)
- Television

New Communication Technologies:
- Computer -> email (slowly going away), message boards/ discussion lists
- Mobile Phone (now including Telephone+ Computer), (SMS/MMS)
- Internet
- Instant message (IM) -> full word writing is going away!)
- Twitter
- Weblogs
- YouTube
- Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace)
- Smartphones