Ok, I am so very, very late on this. But now armed with internet that doesn't drop out every five minutes and download at dialup speeds I can finally get on with this.
First, video. Check it.
I went with this video for a number of reasons, not the least of which is because I am heavily interested in cyberpunk/transhumanism, as has probably come out in my ramblings during class discussions. While that may be vaguely related to course topics, the reason I felt this trailer is appropriate is because it itself is an example of new forms of communication. The video is a digital piece of propoganda for an organisation protesting corporations changing the nature of society, communication and humanity through technology, but the video is also a real life ad for a product that utilises the nature of current communication technologies as both a plot point and a fascinating way to frame and present an advertisment. The video ends with encouragement to visit a website for one of the fictional corporations, which has then been "hacked" by the fictional protest group to reveal more information about the actual physical product in ways that would be inconcievable a decade ago. I like my advertising like I like my superheroes;
Now onto finding an application to improve a person's ability to use the internet effectively. I feel that being able to navigate your way through the net involves having the right to decide what you see, the right to choose how you are communicated with by sites, companies and organisations that want you to be exposed to their wares/opinions/viri. Therefore I reccoment AdBlock Plus, an addon for Firefox that allows you do ignore unwanted communications from entities as you choose fit while braving the world wide web. New communication technologies also involve ways to defeat attempts at communication, a war that is only going to get more interesting and bloody (so to speak) as time goes on.
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