NCT Week 1 Lecture

So the first half an hour of the lecture was a basic into to the course. The Lecturer -Professor Stephen Stockwell began to discuss what ideas of what new communication technology actually is then went on to talk about some concerns with the arrivals of various forms of NCT. Constant time on the internet and how this effects peoples fitness for example. Also digital phones and the cancer risks involved. The effect it has on business was also discussed such as loss of trade to online.  Other current issues included Facebook (going public), apple (Steve Jobs current situation regarding cancer), the book trade and political issues, online gambling and cyber bullying, and hacking. In regards to hacking, an organization known as Lulsec was mentioned along with the question as to where to draw the line between free speech and criminal behavior. The communication model of Aristotle was discussed in which communication is a 3 step process including a 'speaker, message, and audience'. We were then shown Shannon weaver's 1948 adapted model in which the speakers sends his message via a transmitter which then comes out of the receiver to the audience.There is a process of coding in which the Audience provides feedback in the process of talking to somebody else - the 6 degrees of separation. There is an interconnected process formed by all communication methods.