I find that looking through other student’s blogs is a great way to get another opinion or perspective on the reading, symposium or even things unrelated to networked media.

This time around Stephanie wrote about the idea of weak links is how we connect to other ‘hubs’ or social circles as well. She relates it to a real life experience with her friend which for me seeing how it could apply in real life is a great way to understand new concepts. How weak ties or acquitances are essentially how we extend our network beyond just our immediate circle who will usually know each. Usually you will get job opportunities or be able to reach more people through these weak ties.

Mia’s post ties into my last post about if technology is neutral or not. She seems to come up with the same conclusion as well that technology isn’t neutral.

Mia also linked to Evan’s blog who liked the idea that about binary opposites in relation to the term neutral. Using the example that our understanding of ‘day’ links to what we know about ‘night’. Which was a really valid point and links back to the idea that words meaning are in its relationship to other things. We talked about this recently. Seems like things come full circle.