Week 2 - Topic 2 - Is Email Dead?

Lecture:

The lecture this week discusses how cyberculture evolved. Beginning in the 90’s, people immediately judged the new concept and either trusted or distrusted the internet. As too many people took the introduction of the internet as a chance to propel their ideas of futurity and their generalisations of society to a broader audience, people became sceptical.
The discussion topic for this week was whether or not email is dead. As I wasn’t at the lecture this week, the information I gathered from the online lecture notes and fellow students, the conclusion I’ve come up with is that email is not dead amongst our generation. It questions emails place in a society of increasing new communication methods. As email is a slower form of communication than an SMS, but a faster form of communication than a letter, it has a good balance of between the two. Email is still affective for businesses and distant family members and friends.

Tutorial:

I wasn’t there for the tutorial that week. Everyone set up their web blogs so I set up my blog the following week.

Reading:

I still have yet to do the reading as it is only my first week in the class. I’ll comment at a later date.