Chapter 1

Article 1: Aranguren, J. L. L. (1974). Freedom, Symbols and Communication. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 412(1), 11–20. doi:10.1177/000271627441200103

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Identify the author’s definition of symbols.
2. Identify the author’s discussion of language (symbols) as a construction of reality for action.
3. Find what the author refers to as learning the skills of “listening, watching, separating the relevant from the irrelevant and ranking the different pieces according to their sources, consistency or inconsistency, reliability and credibility.”

Article 2: Baym, N. K., Zhang, Y. B., & Lin, M.-C. (2004). Social Interactions Across Media: Interpersonal Communication on the Internet, Telephone and Face-to-Face. New Media & Society, 6(3), 299–318. doi:10.1177/1461444804041438

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Identify the authors’ ideas on the perceived differences between cyberspace and “real space.”
2. Identify the authors’ discussion regarding their findings in the second study.
3. Find what the authors determined regarding the importance of social interaction and college life.