New Media: Concept map 2

Session 6 [7.9]: Social interaction in new media communities

Key topics

1. What is communication and the discourse. Medium, message, meaning. Activity theory and mediators.
2. Social interaction with computers. Intersubjectivity. Interaction modes and models. Automatic tutoring systems.
3. Networking and communities. Social networking and awareness. Connectivism.
4. Communities of practice. Identity. Situated cognition. Socially constructed knowledge.
5. Interactions based on swarming. 

Questions to answer

1. How does a community serve as a "cultural interface" to mediate communication with computers?
2. Think of the terms related with social interaction with new media. Draw a concept map of social interaction.