Course Evaluation
Throughout semester two 2010 I have to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed taking New Communication Technologies subject. I’ll admit I originally I didn’t want to take the course because I had no interest in what it had to offer. However, it was compulsory core subject that I had to enroll in with my Bachelor of Communications degree.
I really have liked the idea of creating a blog and updating it weekly. I’ve never had my own blog though have always thought about starting one. This was certainly a kick in the backside for me to start one. I think I’ll start my own politically based blog and continue it after this course. As I said in my first weekly post I take a major interest in politics and many political figures and commentators use blogs to communicate to the public, so a blog would certainly pave the way for my ambitions.
I learnt alot about technology in this subject, and ideas and theories that are derived from commincation technology. Cyber Punking and Cyber Jamming were main themes that were covered in the course. I had alot of fun creating our cyber jam with my group partners Sherie and Jay, that would definately be one of the highlights. I honestly didn't enjoyed these last few weeks of the course where we have discussed virtual philosphy and William Gibson's theories. I haven't developed an interest or passion for these topics hence that's why I don't like them. I enjoyed learning about Creative Commons and privacy and ownership on social networking sites.
Overall I have enjoyed taking New Communication Technologies. I think the lectures were fairly average, though I thought the tutorials were very engaging and we were able to discuss lecture content in further detail which was helpful to me. I would certainly recommend this subject to other first year students who take an interest in technology and like the thought of publishing their work via a blog.
Online Essay
The question I have decided to do for my online essay is:
Why is privacy such a contentious issue for internet users? Discuss with reference to at least ONE social network service (or other web2.0 service).
I think that this would be a great topic to write an essay about. It covers an issue that has been mentioned in the media in recently. An issue like this definitely puts an emphasis on the issue of privacy on social networking websites like Facebook.
I have already found several academic journals for this topic.
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