Con este proyecto, intente aplicar algunas de las teorías y conceptos que vimos en nuestra clase de medios cívicos al contexto de Costa Rica. No es una investigación rigurosa que quiere sacar conclusiones específicas sobre las observaciones, sino más bien, quiere ser una mirada general para poder ejemplificar un poco cómo es que se han ido usando las diferentes comunicaciones en mi país. Al mismo tiempo, como yo también trabajo en un medio en Costa Rica (Amauta) y mantengo conexiones con algunos de los medios que examinamos, la investigación en cierta medida ha sido introspectiva, convirtiéndome también en sujeto del estudio. Así, soy otra voz más opinando sobre el panorama, y en ningún momento intento ser objetivo.

The outline for the project, in a very disorganized way, and very late, and the order of things could change later. Any suggestions?

So, as I mentioned before, I am trying to build a prototype based on an idea for a collaborate site. The final paper will try to use most of the different themes we have discussed in class, but it will approach these subjects in a way that it challenges this tool, asking, "how would this web platform address these issues we discussed?". It would then try to find the appropriate way to incorporate the reflections within the prototype itself. This idea for a platform was already trying to deal with most of these issues, so it would try to delve further into them. Yet the platform idea is more of an excuse (or exercise) to try and synthetize all these topics and connect the dots.

I love IRC and you should too. IRC (Internet Relay Chat) was the new hotness over 9000 years ago and it is still just as spectacular today! Like I always say, however, if it isn't broke, break it. That's right, I want to change the way people interface with this group chat behemoth for my final project. Before I get into what I mean you need to know a bit about what IRC actually is. Before I get into THAT, though, you need to know a few things that IRC absolutely is not.

What IRC Isn't