Barry Wellman says, in “From Neighborhood to Network, “ that :CMC has increased the frequency and intensity of overall contact. Rather than replacing face-to-face contact, CMC adds to it, filling gaps between the fuller range of information and emotion in interpersonal encounters.” Discuss this idea in terms of your experience in our networked classroom, blogging discussions, and website building. Do you agree with Wellman? In what particular ways does CMC affect your experience of learning in our course?

"Virtual Love" Meghan Daum (267)"Cyberspace and Identity" Sherry Turkle (275)

Write a paragraph in which you summarize the key conclusions of either of the above essays. Include at least two quotations to back up your ideas.

the myspace generation

This week I would like you to discuss the article "The MySpace Generation" that is linked off the weekly assignments page in our online classroom. Explore some of the online communities that are mentioned in the article. Then, choose any aspect of the article that appeals to you and zero in on it. That is, analyze one particular aspect of the article, using quotations from the article as illustrations for your assertion, and also hypertext, if you wish. (Try not to repeat what someone who posts before you has said...build a discussion). Thanks! :-)