Media: type

Playing Video Games - Motives, Responses, and Consequences

Katy Pearce — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:49 -0700

Despite the popularity of video games, we still know very little about the motives, responses, and consequences of video game play, especially from a long-term perspective. The study of video games is relatively new to the field of media communication. This talk provides an overview on video game research from a social scientific perspective. Questions like “what are the video games people play?“; "why do people play video games?”; “what do people do with video games, and what do video games do to them?”, and a selection of latest research findings will be discussed.

The Search Myth: Quality information is not a click away

Katy Pearce — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:06:22 -0700

This talk challenges the myth of information on the Internet: while information may appear excessively easy to find because of quick search results and increased accessibility to materials, locating relevant, high-quality information requires highly sophisticated literacy skills. Monica Bulger shares results of an empirical study for her dissertation that assessed the ways in which students negotiate potentially overwhelming online information options.

Facebook and Network Interactivity

Rob Patton — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:21:13 -0700

Imagining Cuba's Digital Landscape

Rob Patton — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:09:24 -0700

2008 Distinguished Lecture - Lawrence Lessig

Rob Patton — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:03:40 -0700

Tracking the Origins and History of Digital Information

Rob Patton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:14:06 -0700

A Social Computing Approach to Information Authority in the Age of Web 2.0

Rob Patton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:23:08 -0700

Research-Based Principles for the Design of e-Learning

Rob Patton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:44:14 -0700

Walking Phone Booths: Wireless Telephony in Mongolia

Rob Patton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:29:14 -0700

The Online American Presidency Project

Rob Patton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:10:25 -0700