the medium without the message (april 2008)
DESCRIPTION
Slides from a talk on understanding online media, presented to journalism students of Manipal University, April 2008. These slides will likely make no sense without the accompanying talk, of which I have no record.TRANSCRIPT
THE MEDIUMWITHOUT THE MESSAGE
UNDERSTANDING BLOGGING: TOOLS FOR THOUGHTKiran Jonnalagadda, April 19, 2008, Manipal
Consider Instant Messaging
One-on-One
Consider Instant Messaging
One-on-One
Invite third person
Consider Instant Messaging
One-on-One
Invite third person
Group chat
Consider Instant Messaging
One-on-One
Invite third person
Group chat
Hundreds of talkers (Internet Relay Chat)
Consider Instant Messaging
One-on-One
Invite third person
Group chat
Hundreds of talkers (Internet Relay Chat)
Close window: gone; ephemeral
Consider Instant Messaging
VOICE / TEXT
VOICE / TEXTLinearAccess
VOICE / TEXTLinearAccess
VOICE / TEXTLinearAccess
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E P H E M E R A L
E P H E M E R A L
ephemeraladjectivelast year’s ephemeral fashions TRANSITORY, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short; temporary, impermanent, short-term. ANTONYM permanent.
ephemeraladjectivelast year’s ephemeral fashions TRANSITORY, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short; temporary, impermanent, short-term. ANTONYM permanent.
EPHEMERAL / PERMANENT
ephemeraladjectivelast year’s ephemeral fashions TRANSITORY, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short; temporary, impermanent, short-term. ANTONYM permanent.
Voice
EPHEMERAL / PERMANENT
ephemeraladjectivelast year’s ephemeral fashions TRANSITORY, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short; temporary, impermanent, short-term. ANTONYM permanent.
Voice
EPHEMERAL / PERMANENT
ephemeraladjectivelast year’s ephemeral fashions TRANSITORY, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short; temporary, impermanent, short-term. ANTONYM permanent.
Voice
Mailing List
EPHEMERAL / PERMANENT
ephemeraladjectivelast year’s ephemeral fashions TRANSITORY, transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short; temporary, impermanent, short-term. ANTONYM permanent.
Voice
webMailing List
EPHEMERAL / PERMANENT
URL = ACCESS
URL = ACCESSHuge
URL = ACCESSHuge
PROCESS OF DISCOVERY
What is a Blog? Technically:
Page of posts
Reverse chronology
Archives:
By Date and by Categorisation
Permalinks
Comments — Feedback loop
FEEDBACK LOOP
FEEDBACK LOOP
CONVENIENCE
FEEDBACK LOOP
CONVENIENCE
CALIBRATION
MASS CULTURE
MASS PRODUCTIONAnd Mass Consumption
CALIBRATION& VALIDATION
SPEECH:PRIVATE, PUBLIC, SECRET
SPEECH:PRIVATE, PUBLIC, SECRET
DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION:TECH, CULTURE, BUSINESS