This week has been more theoretically than the first and second one – with focus on theories and a more critisizing point of view towards social technology and technology as whole. It was interresting to hear about the use of social media in the Midlde East and we were yet again reminded about packaging your message in a suitable way for your target group. Some other things I found very interresting on the first lecture was to learn more about the hype and the way users are made into commodities by the producers.
On the other two lectures we talked about different theories on how to understand and analyze technology. We also got to hear about the digitalization of media, and how it changes the conditions for the media-business with journalists as an example. It was very interresting to hear more about what producers of webpages can do in order to increase the interaction between themselves and customers/readers.
All in all it was a good lecture-week, but I found it quite hard to fully understand it all, but I guess it takes time to process all the information and see the connections to the literature. Hopefully it will sink in deeper the more I read.
