Pair and Share Book Discussion Group 3

Group 3 discussed The Cluetrain Manifesto.
From this discussion we agreed on four salient points found in the book relating to Com546:
1. Customers are now part of a connected network (over the Internet.) These customers are talking to each other more than in the past.
2. Businesses need to talk in the language of thier customers, not [...]

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Week 7 Peer Group Discussion Summary

Our group had two distinct questions this week:
1. How might uses and gratifications theory inform how eGovernment might best serve citizens?
For the first question we created a ‘Use’ and ‘Gratification’ matrix.
Use——> Gratification
Citizens file taxes online.——> Citizen gets tax return sooner.
Citizens access government info online.——> [...]

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Reflection: Small Group Presentation 11.06.07

I found that by engaging three different groups with my article ‘Community and Communication in the Third Age: The Impact of Internet and Cell Phone Use on Attachment to Place in Later :Life in England’ I could slowly refine my teaching approach and more succinctly state the nature of the article and how I perceived [...]

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Group 3 Extra Reading – Community and Communication in the Third Age: The Impact of Internet and Cell Phone Use on Attachment to Place in Later Life in England

In Gilleard, Hyde and Higgs paper, they discuss how English people over 50 tend to use the Internet as a substitute for geographically based community. Because of limited mobility, older people tend to connect more closely to thier geographical location over time. With the Internet being inexpensive and accessible to those that are [...]

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