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Michael Cicchelli Blog Post Catalog
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27 posts from Blog Assignment: Computer-Mediated Communication | Chronological order | 2011–2013
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SequencePublishedTitleCollection PhasePost TypePrimary CategorySummaryMajor ThemesCentral Claim / QuestionRelated ThreadSource URL
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1Sep 24, 2011 2:48 PMIntroductionFramingFramework / ManifestoDynamic Systems & FeedbackIntroduces “Dynamic Systems Interactions” as the blog’s organizing framework and explains the purposes of writing: communicating ideas, clarifying and retaining learning, and preserving an intellectual record.complex systems; feedback; interdisciplinary thinking; writing as learning; idea preservationChanges in the world emerge from interactions among biological, psychological, social, cultural, and technological systems.Foundational frameworkhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/introduction.html
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2Sep 24, 2011 3:09 PMPrevious Assignment: Computer Mediated CommunicationFramingProject NoteDynamic Systems & FeedbackExplains that 22 entries from an earlier Computer-Mediated Communication course blog are being republished because they illustrate technology’s interaction with social practice and preserve the earlier work.archive; computer-mediated communication; technology and society; intellectual continuityThe earlier course posts provide concrete examples of dynamic-system interactions and are worth retaining as a body of thought.Collection framing and provenancehttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/previous-assignment-computer-mediated.html
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3Sep 24, 2011 3:15 PMNovel Problems Posed by Collective IntelligenceReposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical EssayInformation Ecosystems & AttentionExamines collective intelligence as both a knowledge amplifier and a source of misinformation, overload, and continuous recalibration for ordinary media users.collective intelligence; misinformation; cognitive load; metacognition; source evaluationNetworked knowledge increases what groups can discover, but it also transfers a heavy filtering and verification burden to each user.Information abundance and evaluationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/novel-problems-posed-by-collective.html
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4Sep 24, 2011 3:24 PMTransmedia Storytelling and MarketingReposted CMC AssignmentApplied AnalysisMarketing, Consumer Psychology & CultureConsiders how immersive stories distributed across media can support product placement, while warning that conspicuous marketing can rupture the fictional world and alienate the audience.transmedia; immersion; product placement; narrative coherence; audience trustMarketing inside a story works only when it feels native to the narrative world rather than exposing the commercial machinery behind it.Immersion, identity, and persuasionhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/transmedia-storytelling-and-marketing.html
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5Sep 24, 2011 3:29 PMPalm Pilots, Smart Phones, and iphonesReposted CMC AssignmentPersonal ReflectionTechnology Adoption & DependenceReflects on preferring paper to digital organizers because paper feels freer, cheaper, and less constrained, while acknowledging the role of habit and resistance to change.paper versus digital; technological constraints; habit; adoption resistance; costTechnological sophistication is not automatically superior; a simpler medium may better fit a person’s needs and cognitive style.Tools, habits, and human agencyhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/palm-pilots-smart-phones-and-iphones.html
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6Sep 24, 2011 3:37 PMComplex, Online Culture InteractionsReposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical EssayIdentity, Culture & Online CommunitiesUses remixes, memes, Mario, Michael Jackson, and “All Your Base” to argue that online folk and popular culture continually recombine through grassroots creativity.remix culture; memes; folk culture; popular culture; participatory creationOnline culture does not flow in one direction; users continuously transform folk and popular culture into new hybrid forms.Cultural mutation and remixhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/complex-online-culture-interactions.html
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7Sep 24, 2011 3:47 PMInformation Access and PoliticsReposted CMC AssignmentPolicy AnalysisMedia, Politics & Collective ExperienceQuestions the United States’ presentation of itself as an absolute champion of free information, noting that every society sets boundaries and must balance access, security, and protection.internet freedom; censorship; political legitimacy; rights; public policyThe real policy dispute is not whether information should ever be restricted, but where legitimate boundaries should be drawn.Governance of informationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/information-access-and-politics.html
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8Sep 24, 2011 3:50 PMTapping into the PsycheReposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical EssayMarketing, Consumer Psychology & CultureArgues that advertising has moved beyond product association toward constructing identities, emotional worlds, and communities around brands to reach increasingly resistant consumers.affective economy; brand identity; community; persuasion; consumer psychologyModern persuasion increasingly succeeds by offering consumers an identity and belonging, not merely a product benefit.Immersion, identity, and persuasionhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/tapping-into-psyche.html
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9Sep 24, 2011 3:56 PMComputer Communication, Cults, and CultureReposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical EssayIdentity, Culture & Online CommunitiesDescribes online communities as highly specialized subcultures in which identities, norms, and ideas are rapidly tested, retained, modified, or discarded.online communities; subcultures; identity; idea selection; cultural evolutionComputer-mediated communication accelerates cultural evolution by enlarging the community “gene pool” and speeding the selection of ideas.Cultural mutation and remixhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/computer-communication-cults-and.html
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10Sep 24, 2011 4:10 PMWho am I?Reposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical ReflectionIdentity, Culture & Online CommunitiesExplores how online life can confirm an existing identity, provide a space to experiment with another identity, or divide the self between public and concealed personas.online identity; self-presentation; adolescence; generational gap; identity fragmentationThe internet adds a powerful arena in which identity can be reinforced, revised, performed, or split.Digital identity and self-constructionhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/who-am-i.html
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11Sep 24, 2011 4:22 PMTechnology and RelearningReposted CMC AssignmentPersonal / Analytical ReflectionTechnology Adoption & DependenceApplies the idea of learning, unlearning, and relearning to changing concepts of computers and phones, including the author’s own resistance to multifunction smartphones.adaptability; technological literacy; unlearning; smartphones; conceptual changeRemaining technologically literate requires repeatedly revising what we think a device is and what it is for.Tools, habits, and human agencyhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/technology-and-relearning.html
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12Sep 24, 2011 4:33 PMIntelligence EverywhereReposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical EssayInformation Ecosystems & AttentionObserves that real-time, distributed media make information continuously available and allow people to remain informed through passive exposure rather than deliberate monitoring.real-time news; social media; information access; citizen media; ambient awarenessUbiquitous media turn information from something actively sought into an ambient condition of everyday life.Information abundance and evaluationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/intelligence-everywhere.html
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13Sep 24, 2011 4:37 PMSocial Media AdvertisingReposted CMC AssignmentApplied AnalysisMarketing, Consumer Psychology & CultureQuestions whether targeted social-media ads produce enough direct sales to justify their cost, while allowing that repeated exposure may still build familiarity and preference.targeted advertising; social media; propinquity effect; exposure; return on investmentOnline ads may be weak immediate persuaders yet still exert cumulative influence through repeated exposure.Digital advertising effectivenesshttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/social-media-advertising.html
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14Sep 24, 2011 4:39 PMThe Korean Social ExperienceReposted CMC AssignmentComparative Cultural AnalysisGaming & Participatory MediaContrasts the relatively underground status of gaming in the United States with Korea’s mainstream esports culture, especially professional StarCraft.esports; Korea; gaming culture; mainstream adoption; cultural adaptationKorea demonstrates that gaming can become a normalized spectator sport and professional institution rather than a marginal hobby.Gaming as social institutionhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/korean-social-experience.html
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15Sep 24, 2011 4:41 PMNuke The StarsReposted CMC AssignmentPersonal Case StudyGaming & Participatory MediaUses an English-language StarCraft commentator as an example of how digital platforms connect geographically and linguistically dispersed niche audiences while allowing feedback between creator and viewers.fandom; YouTube; niche media; cross-cultural access; participatory audienceNetworked media make highly specialized cultural content accessible and collaborative across national and language boundaries.Gaming as social institutionhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/nuke-stars.html
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16Sep 24, 2011 4:43 PMThe Depth of Video GamesReposted CMC AssignmentResearch ReflectionGaming & Participatory MediaRejects the idea that gaming is merely a simple pastime and identifies cultural, cognitive, emotional, social, and avatar-related forces that shape player behavior.video-game psychology; avatars; compulsion; identity; bidirectional influenceGames and players form a bidirectional system: players create avatars and patterns of play, but those systems also reshape the players.Dynamic systems in gaminghttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/depth-of-video-games.html
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17Sep 24, 2011 4:48 PMGizoogle.comReposted CMC AssignmentCultural / Linguistic ReflectionIdentity, Culture & Online CommunitiesReflects on a parody website that translated pages into stylized African American vernacular, asking what its humor reveals about familiarity, status, stereotyping, and cultural distance.language; dialect; parody; social status; cultural mediationInternet parody can expose both cross-cultural familiarity and the unequal social status assigned to a way of speaking.Language, status, and mediated culturehttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/gizooglecom.html
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18Sep 24, 2011 5:00 PMOlympics and National IdentityReposted CMC AssignmentMedia AnalysisMedia, Politics & Collective ExperienceArgues that on-demand and fragmented Olympic viewing reduces the shared immediacy that once intensified national identification and collective participation.Olympics; nationalism; live media; on-demand viewing; collective experienceGreater access to an event can paradoxically weaken its emotional intensity when audiences no longer experience it together.Synchronous versus fragmented mediahttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/olympics-and-national-identity.html
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19Sep 24, 2011 9:50 PMWriting ConciselyReposted CMC AssignmentEducation CommentaryEducation, Cognition & CommunicationSuggests that English education should respond to changing reading habits by teaching clear, compressed writing and reconsidering whether traditional texts are always the best vehicles for analytical practice.writing instruction; concision; curriculum; classics; digital reading habitsBecause concise communication is increasingly valuable, schools should teach compression as a rigorous skill rather than treating length as the default measure of depth.Information compression and educationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/writing-concisely.html
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20Sep 24, 2011 9:51 PMThe Art of You TubeReposted CMC AssignmentMedia Craft AnalysisEducation, Cognition & CommunicationDefines coherence, transitions, and concision as core skills for short-form online video, where creators must communicate within strict attention and time constraints.YouTube; short-form video; coherence; transitions; concisionShort media are not inherently shallow; they demand disciplined structure and efficient expression.Information compression and educationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/art-of-you-tube.html
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21Sep 24, 2011 9:53 PMInformation Processing PrinciplesReposted CMC AssignmentCognitive AnalysisEducation, Cognition & CommunicationConnects Baddeley’s working-memory model with multimodal presentation, arguing that combining words, sound, and visuals can improve retention and explain the effectiveness of many online videos.working memory; multimodal learning; retention; cognitive psychology; YouTubeWell-designed multimodal communication can distribute information across complementary cognitive channels and strengthen learning.Cognition and media designhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/information-processing-principles.html
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22Sep 24, 2011 9:54 PMLife ConsolidationReposted CMC AssignmentAnalytical ReflectionTechnology Adoption & DependenceWarns that concentrating communication, contacts, scheduling, and memory in a single device creates systemic fragility and may weaken the underlying skills the device is meant to support.smartphones; dependency; resilience; planning; skill atrophyTechnology is most beneficial as a tool that supports human capability, not as a substitute that allows the capability to decay.Tools, habits, and human agencyhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/life-consolidation.html
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23Sep 24, 2011 9:55 PMModern HistoryReposted CMC AssignmentFutures / Historical AnalysisInformation Ecosystems & AttentionConsiders how future historians will interpret a society that generates enormous quantities of digital evidence, shifting the historical problem from scarcity toward selection and representation.digital archives; historiography; evidence abundance; preservation; future historyFor historians of the digital era, too much evidence may be as distorting and difficult as too little.Information abundance and evaluationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/modern-history.html
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24Sep 24, 2011 9:56 PMBursts of InformationReposted CMC AssignmentMedia / Education AnalysisInformation Ecosystems & AttentionLinks short homepage stories, inverted-pyramid journalism, blogs, and educational writing to a broader shift toward receiving and producing information in compact bursts.attention span; headlines; information compression; journalism; writingBurst-format communication both reflects changing attention patterns and has become a necessary skill for online writers.Information compression and educationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/bursts-of-information.html
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25Sep 30, 2011 4:01 PMCulture Codes and Demand ElasticityOriginal ContinuationInterdisciplinary HypothesisMarketing, Consumer Psychology & CultureCombines cultural-code theory with economics to ask whether the symbolic meaning a culture assigns to a product can alter how sensitive demand is to price.culture codes; demand elasticity; symbolic value; economics; international marketingCultural meaning may be a measurable driver of economic behavior, including differences in price sensitivity across societies.Culture as an economic variablehttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/09/culture-codes-and-demand-elasticity.html
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26Oct 15, 2011 2:29 PMThe Interactions between Room and ManOriginal ContinuationApplied Systems ReflectionDynamic Systems & FeedbackApplies the dynamic-systems framework to physical space, describing how rooms affect mood and interaction while occupants alter the room and thereby change its subsequent effects.environmental psychology; space; mood; feedback loops; group interactionPeople and environments mutually construct one another through repeated, socially compounded feedback loops.Foundational frameworkhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2011/10/interactions-between-room-and-man.html
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27May 22, 2013 11:45 AMCommunicating in BurstsLater ReturnSocial CommentaryInformation Ecosystems & AttentionExtends the earlier “bursts” idea from media into everyday speech, arguing that headline-like communication wins attention but reduces conversational, reading, and writing depth.headline communication; attention economy; conversation; reading; writingCommunication optimized for salience and speed can erode sustained thought and the ability to enjoy deeper interpersonal exchange.Information compression and educationhttps://michaelcicchelli.blogspot.com/2013/05/communicating-in-bursts.html
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