The Daily Me The Great Good Place
Caroline Burek
Trebor Scholz
Networks of Desire
• Does filtering in technology cause Americans to miss out on information?
• Or does filtering make people more knowledgeable on more specific topics?
Opinions?
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Technology increased filtering – Wallstreet Journal – Broadcast.com – Sonicnet.com– Zatso.com– Info Xtra – TiVo– Intertainer Inc. – Excite
Negatives
• Nothing is learned that you have not chosen • Less common ground • Racial divide • Less general interest
– 1948: 1.3 daily newspaper circulation per house– 1998: decreased by 57%
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Positives
• See whatever you personally want
• Very specific
• Filters out the bad
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Digital Divide
• Income
• Race
• International
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• What are three characteristics of a Third Place?
• Third Place– Local gathering place– Relieves stress and loneliness – Lively community group – Place to escape – Usually unknown – Good conversation – Warm, playful mood
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Local • Near homes
• No host
• Everyone welcomed
• Not glamorous
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Conversation
• Lively conversations
• Personality
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Accessibility & Guests
• Long hours
• Close to home
• Returning Prodigal-Regulars-Strangers with Regulars-Pairs of Strangers-Lone Strangers
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Home Like
• Differences
• Similarities– Appropriation – Restored – At ease – Warmth
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• Does anybody feel that they have a personal third place or something like one?
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Relations?? Questions??
Ideas??
