Digital Cultures: Comm323

Deck from tonight’s class can be found here. 

This is what’s due (posted to Tumblr or emailed to Laura and me) before class on April 25th. 

Written test plan (up to 5 scenarios, with a few questions for each)

Conduct 5 testing sessions (don’t have to post anything for these but they should be completed)

Written list of “Phase II”, or - what your next steps would be if you continued with this project

Link to your prototype

Be sure to keep working on your final presentations as well. All presentations are to be submitted before class on April 25th (even if you’re not presenting until May 2nd). You may either post it to Tumblr or emailed to both Laura and me.

Deck from last night’s class can be found here. 

This is what’s due (posted to Tumblr or emailed to both Laura and me) before class on April 11:

Final problem statement 

Research plan, including:

Screener criteria

Research goals

Interview questions

Artifacts of findings

Competitors you’ve identified

Primary persona(s)

Sketches of your idea(s)

Prototype of your idea (higher fidelity)

The lesson from this week’s class can be accessed here. If you haven’t yet finished up your research, please do so. If you’re done with your research, continue working on your final project through the tasks below:

Write:

Demographics

Psychographics

Pain points

Behaviors

Bring to next class:

Everything that you have done so far

The lesson from this week’s class can be accessed here. Note - if you don’t get all of your research done by next class, that’s ok. Talk to at least a couple of people, it’ll be helpful for next class.

Write: 

Screener

List of demographic or psychographic qualities that your target shares 

Research Plan

3 goals that you want to get out of your research

5+ questions per goal

Determine your research method (likely interviews, but if you want to do another type - go for it!)

Competitor list

3 direct competitors 

1 (at least) indirect competitor

Bring to next class: 

Your screener and research plan

Artifacts from your research (notes, photos, etc. anything created during your research process)

Competitor list

Read: 

Spreadable Media, Chapter 3 Participatory Culture in a Networked Era, chapter 6, 7

On your tumblr:

- Firm up your problem statement into a single, concise sentence.

- Be sure to include who you suspect may be experiencing the issue, and be clear about what the challenge is (to the best of your ability). Don’t yet include any sense of what the solution may be — this step is to frame up the problem before vetting it with your audience

Read: Participatory Culture in a Networked Era, chapter 4, 5 Present Shock, Chapter 2

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bqMY82xzWo

Write:

In the sub-chapter Time is a Technology, Rushkoff elaborates the many ways in which time has become increasingly subdivided and carefully measured over the course of human history, citing as examples:

- Calendar - Prayer - Clocks - Church bells - Clock towers - Digital timepieces

Read: 

Spreadable Media, Introduction Participatory Culture in a Networked Era, chapter 2, 3 How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News, Pew

Spend some time exploring (clicking into):

Neiman Lab’s 2017 predictions for Journalism

Write:

Choose two topics highlighted by the Neiman Lab’s predictions (be sure to click into the topics and read the whole piece). Choose and write about one topic that you think is VERY likely to be part of 2017 landscape of journalism, and write about another topic you think is LESS likely to be critical in the upcoming year.