Pyramid of Human Needs

People: Andrew T. Fiore

a PhD candidate UC Berkeley’s School of Information, where I study computer-mediated communication.

craigslist missed connections illustrated beautifully by Sophie Blackall :::what a great idea!::

conversation starter tags from creative mornings with Swissmiss

evolution of communication

Computer Evolution

http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/computer1.html

Conversation: A History of A Declining Art

Turning Tests

How to Start a Conversation When You Have Nothing to Talk About

party party, originally uploaded by crazard.

This article gives you step by step tips on how to start a conversation:

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Google Buzz 'breaks privacy laws' says watchdog

Altruism & Mitzvahs

http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/altruism/altruism-happiness

http://religion.adherents.com/Judaism/6-mitzvah.html

Social Networking Harms Health? LOL

Is social networking a catalyst for depression?
"Internet relationships are less real and result in greater social isolation and loneliness for people who increasingly turn to them."
"People’s health could be harmed by social networking sites because they reduce levels of face-to-face contact, an expert claims."

By John M Grohol PsyD

How social can we get? What evolutionary psychology says about social networking

This article mentions how gossiping has evolved thanks to social networking

By Michael Rogers

Columnist

Special to MSNBC

updated 10:55 a.m. ET Sept. 10, 2007

The Gods Must Be Crazy

What happens when a foreign object enters an isolated community? The Gods Must Be Crazy is a comedy about a tribe that is rooted deeply with their customs and way of life that when a coca-cola bottle is found it creates a bit of ciaos. The tribe begins to depend, need, and fight for the multiple uses they invent with the bottle. One member decides it's time for the bottle to "go back to where it came from" and travels out into the modern city to return it.

cyberculture

IMG_2772, originally uploaded by crazard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberculture

The Lost Art of Conversation

"The art of conversation has been preempted by technology in almost every area of our lives. The idea that humans are more fallible than machines has cause us to turn toward technology for entertainment, information, and problem-solving. Our ability to communicate through the medium of converstation has atrophied as a result of our idol worship of the machine."- pg.89

became a fan of...

i'd rather text than talk on the phone. Facebook group of people proud to text rather than hear a voice:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Id-rather-text-than-talk-on-the-phone/225066222622

arguments

*becoming too comfortable with technology and less comfortable with people.

*with the increase of technology we have had a decrease in human interaction

Generation M2: Understanding the Multi Media Teen: Written by Mike Melanson

"According to a study released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation, those between the ages of eight and 18 devote just under eight hours a day to media consumption and, depending on how you look at it, that may be the least surprising of the numbers."

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What is my goal?

I am trying to come up with a way to make a campaign of some sort that will make actual human interaction cool again! I believe that this new movement with social networking is taking this urge away from people especially the younger generation that is growing up with it.

So how do I create a campaign without the use of heavy technology?
I'm thinking of creating an image for my idea and making Ads, commercials, and perhaps t-shirts.

more inspiration

" The spontaneity of conversations pervents them from being edited to a sterile purity." -pg 85

"Within conversations are a myriad of self-adjusting systems. As we speak with another person, we constantly readjust our language based on the cues we get from the listener. Do they look baffled or excited, bored or angry?" -pg.87

"There is no other communication device that provides such subtle and instantaneous feedback, or permits such a range of evaluation and correctability." -pg.87

New Contact: Stella Lau

I came across Stella Lau's website about social networking where she touches upon the pros and cons. I sent her an email to ask her more questions and possibly use her as a reference.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stellal/index.htm

::waiting for reply::

attempts at connecting emotion and technology "emoticons" PASS or FAIL?

Internet, Cellphones May Strengthen Family Unit, Study Finds

By Donna St. George

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 20, 2008

The Luddite Rebellion by Brian Bailey

Located at: DA535 .B35 1998bx in Widener Library

Another Extreme! The Luddites

The Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protested—often by destroying mechanised looms—against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work and changing their entire way of life. -via wiki ::linked image::

Social networks and kids: How young is too young?

By Doug Gross, CNN

Dentyne Chewing Gum: Tapping into the growing number of people discontent with social networks

Another article by: Stefan Constantinescu

Get Off the Internet, and Chew Some Gum

By: CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Article from the New York Times touches upon the Ads created by McCann Erickson for Dentyne. The campaign series is called "Make Face Time". ::linked image::

"Technology is meant to help" clip from the Metro

"Remember, people run technology, not the other way around. The power is within us as to how we use it. Stop and think why you are using a particular technology. It is to help you to do your work and keep in touch with friends and family or are you just entering useless information and aimlessly looking at stuff? Just because there are lots of tech options, doesn't mean that you have to pick them all. The smartest thing to do is pick which tech tool you will use and pull the plug on the rest." Ilena Di Toro, Via E-mail METRO 2/3/10 pg.12

This book touches upon the new language that emerged with the internet "chat speak".

Located at: P90.B695 2002 in Widener
Briggs, Asa, and Peter Burke. A Social History of the Media: From Gutenberg to the Internet. Cambridge: Polity P, 2007.

Information Anxiety

"The problem is not that we think so highly of computers but that we've come to think rather less of humans."-Paul Kaufman (information theorist) pg.40

"When you can admit ignorance, you will realize that if ignorance isn't exactly bliss, it is an ideal state from which to learn." pg.53

Wurman, Richard Saul. Information Anxiety. New York: Doubleday, 1989.

north haven for focus groups

good bye north haven :(, originally uploaded by crazard.

possible focus group

vintage lamp

m'light, originally uploaded by crazard.

contacts

i was able to contact an ex classmate of mine from emerson who is now a gadget guru. i hope she can be my source for the other extreme of how social networking has changed the way we interact with each other and have we become dehumanized a bit?

computer dependency

this is where i get internet, originally uploaded by crazard.

Thesis:

"The problem is not that we think so highly of computers but that we've come to think rather less of humans." -Paul Kaufman