jw_speakup_research

=Research=

Exploring my Concept Map
Areas of Informant
 * anatomy of vocal chords (technology amplifies to conqur distance, perserves to conquer time)
 * language (a look at the evolution of language)
 * elements of active listening ('how to listen' for incoming university students taking notes)

Areas of Participation
 * Listener (passive) - podcasts
 * understanding tone, pitch, content
 * Listener (active) - forum
 * conversing
 * Speaker (projecting) -> public speaking, persuasion
 * entertaining, influencing action, questioning, educating
 * Speaker (conversing) -> skype
 * facts, opinions, memories

Exploring Resources
'Cult of the Amateur' by Andrew Keen
 * argues Web 2.0 is killing culture, as everyone is a creator, speaking out, but no one is listening
 * links to interviews: [|The Cult of the Amateur] and [|Bloggers are not Journalists]

Podcasts
 * ability to project your voice over the web
 * link to directory: [|Pod Cast Directory]

Skype
 * able to converse with anyone, anywhere over the internet for free
 * link to site: [|Skype]

Broken Telephone
 * the child's game, that demonstrates miscommunication
 * [|Rules]

Sounding Gay: Pitch Properties in the Speech of Gay and Straight Men
 * Ig nobel prize (the anti-thesis of the nobel awards)
 * link to abstract: [|Improbable Research]

Teleconferencing: Why It Sucks
 * from the article "Why Things Suck," [|Wired magazine] explains the problems with talking other the internet
 * The article can be read [|here], but let it be shown that i actually bought the magazine: