Emails from today :)

Lisa:
Neither have I!!! I was talking with Mark about the Idea of marketing/advertising in general, and how the idea of truth is warped. They try to get is to see what they want, not nessessarily what is true. And also, I htought that the lack of intimacy within digital communitcation is interesting; email, msn, texting, quite cool?

Jerad:
". And also, I htought that the lack of intimacy within digital communitcation is interesting; email, msn, texting, quite cool?"hmm... One thing that I've been considering a lot lately is whether the anonymity offered by message boards, is contributing to the destruction of our society - it seems like people are nastier, meaner, etc when they know that they can speak without punishment. That not to say that it doesn't have it's benefits as well, but maybe there is a problem to be solved there?

Jerad:
interesting story about social networking and intimacy - read a page down where they talk about optimum group size.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20642550/

Jerad:
also-there is a whole theory behind social networking - look up "social networking" and you will see a lot of theories - we could use them.


Here are some good old links to social network theories
http://www.istheory.yorku.ca/socialnetworktheory.htm
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/perrolle/archive/Ethier-SocialNetworks.html
Defining Social Network Theory which is a powerpoint explaination

http://www.socialnetworktheory.com/ a blog spot