Presentation Notes - 4/22/10

Dena - Legal Eagle and the Case of the Social

- Who is responsible for content?
- How to enforce laws?
- DMCA section 512  - takedown notices
- There is no one single governing body to protect users and ISP from legal action.

Comments: I would recommend that you focus in on a single law or idea and use that as the basis for your argument.  For example, "Here's a law designed to prevent blah blah blah, and it works (or doesn't) because..."

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Michelle - Human Computer Interaction

"Computer UI creating seamless transition from real to virtual."

- Our attachment to machines is aiding this transition (human-like qualities assigned to them)
- Examples of interface design (madotate, 2nd life, etc)
- In the future, computers will be designed to meet the needs of the users
- Interfaces more real like.

Comments:  Make your thesis clear on how you intend to argue this and then back up your thesis with proof from the reading materials.  Fascinating topic!

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Brittany -

"Mobile Location Based Advertising"

FEAR and ISSUES
- tracking issues and privacty
- spam

Advantages to Buyers vs Businesses

Comments:  Narrow the scope of the essay by looking at mobile advertising.  Tell us why and how it works.  Use plenty of examples from your research to back up your essay.  Very interesting idea.

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Mark - The Cost of Access "World of Warcraft"
- Describes what WoW is

"Blizzard's changes to WoW have fractured their user base"

Blizzard implemented new quest system
Removal of challenges
Thriving alone

Comment:  I think you need to take a stand and say outright in your thesis, what Blizzard is doing (right or wrong) and what it is they are or not doing to fix this.

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Chris - A Growing Digital Divide

Even if everyone moves online, we'll still have a fragmented society... the digital divide will still exist, just in a different form.

- fragmented identities
- communities begin to fragment due to fragmented identities
- infrastructure / internet

Nice argument and content to back it up.   I definitely think you're on the right track.

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