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ISTB01 Tutorial Questions

Various questions about communication and the world around us. How did my grandparents communicate? And how could Web 3.0 change my life? Should we...
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How could mashups serve international governance? Would mashups serve to make government more effective?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― A mashup is simply a web page or an application combines data or functionality from two different sources to create a brand new service. Mashups are created to make things easier to find for people, it allows you to do two things at once in a way.... (more)
 Roji S ― Made popular on Oct 12th, 2010
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What does Global Civil Society Look like?

What does Global Civil Society Look like?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― A Global Civil Society is composed of the entirety of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society on a global scale. Through changes in technology and globalization many of these... (more)
 Roji S ― Made popular on Oct 2nd, 2010
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Podcasts

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― So this week's assignment was to subscribe to a podcasts, I really didn't know what to subscribe to there were so many options on itunes, from music, news, arts, t.v, food :), books, religion, the list goes on. Finally i decided to subscribe to a... (more)
 Roji S ― Posted on Oct 31st, 2009
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What version of historical change do you believe in and why?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― There are three versions of historical changes, the cosmopolitan liberation position, the radical neo-Marxist position and the network position.  The cosmopolitan position believes ICTS will promote democracy, freedom and enhances prosperity... (more)
 Roji S ― Posted on Nov 2nd, 2009
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Are wikis an effective means of communication? Why or why not?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― I believe wikis are not an effective means of communication because it allows anyone and everyone with access to a computer and internet from every part of the world to comment, change, add, and get involved with what is on the page. It sounds great... (more)
 Roji S ― Posted on Oct 10th, 2009
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What determines the structure of a folksonomy and why? The code, the content or the social process?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― Folksonomy a combination of the words folks which means people, and the word taxonomy which means the science of classifying things in categories based on their shared features. It's basically tagging of information, pictures, objects etc, into... (more)
 Roji S ― Posted on Oct 18th, 2009
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How did my grandparents communicate? How could Web 3.0 change my life?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― My grandparents are from a developing country in South Asia. They did not have advanced communication systems like that of the Western countries. Also they lived in towns that were a bit far from the city so they did not have access... (more)
 Roji S ― Posted on Sep 26th, 2009
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Should we be worried about the digital divide? Why or why not?

ISTB01 Tutorial Questions ― I think we should be worried about the digital divide because even though we have access to about everything and anything here in North America, and our technology is advanced and updated, many people in developing countries are behind in the latest... (more)
 Roji S ― Posted on Sep 26th, 2009