Introduction, January 11th

On January 11th we made a brief introduction to some of the topics to be discussed throughout the semester, such as a healthy distinction between communication and media, identity creation through communication, and culture dialogue within "inculturization" processes.

We tried to think over this issues with the help of two cool examples:

1) The trailer for the movie Avatar, as depicting some kind of coming to an identity through processes of communication and interaction, showing that the sharing of biological conditions (as, in a way, we all humans do) does not guarantee horizons of comprehension . (If you wanna go to Pandora, click here)

2) A column by Thomas L. Friedman (author of The World is Flat, also mentioned today), where he asks himself if Google is God: what should keep us from thinking so in a world in which seeking and finding information has become the "most human" way of life? (If you wish to know more about Googleianism, click and pray here)

Most of the attendents turned in some written thoughts about these ideas. Some of them were really clever (I read them all, I promise), and the only thing to regret was that those comments were not made out loud.