The general consensus is in fact no. The second lecture of the semester revealed the results of a survey that was posted at the beginning of the week and completed by everyone in New Communication Tech. 0% of people in the course said they never use email while 65% answered that email has it's place. The remaining answers were divided, some using email occasionally, others referring to email as "god". Personally, I use email often and next to myspace it is my preferred method of communicating with people online. Other discussion points of the lecture included spam and phishing of email accounts.
Tutorial: Creating a Weblog
The second tutorial began by refreshing our minds of the lecture the day previous, and a discussion of the first assessment task. We then moved onto creating out blogs, which turned out to be a much easier task than I anticipated, blogger.com obviously being the blogging tool of choice. The site is easy to navigate and layout customization seems simple enough. I think the summarizing and analysis of our lectures, screenings, tutorials and readings will be helpful to us throughout the semester.
Reading: Handbook for Bloggers
The first three parts of the "Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents" was the required reading for this week, and included a glossary of technical blogging jargon which I think will be useful in the coming weeks whilst continuing this blog. The introduction quoted blogging as a “powerful tool of freedom of expression” which I think is most definitely true; particularly in countries where censorship in the media is still an issue. The handbook also gives plenty of technical advice about how to set up a good blog by maintaining your anonymity, avoiding filters and most importantly getting an audience. If you aren’t being read, what's the point?
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