Essay Topic

Hello there!

I have finally decided on my Essay topic for my assignment in New Communication Technologies. I have chosen Essay topic number 3: 

"What is communication? Do whales communicate? Do birds? Do atoms? Does DNA communicate? What would you suggest as the limits to communication? When does a failure of human communication occur?"

I went to bubble.us and layed out some thoughts on what my essay might contain, this was very easy to use, and I think it is much better than post its, or drawing it myself.

I also used the Diigo feature, where I could highlight, bookmark pages, add photos and then keep everything in one place. The internet is making things easier than they were I guess.

Here is my Diigo page if you want to have a look on what I have found so far. This will be my first Academic Essay since I started at Griffith, and I hope I will do well. I am going to get started right away.

Here are two references that I know I will be using, but there will be more as I go along:

Knowlton, S. W. and Berger, C. R. (1997), Message Planning, Communication Failure, and Cognitive Load Further Explorations of the Hierarchy Principle. Human Communication Research, 24: 4–30. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.1997.tb00585.x

Franco, B. (1994). The communication conundrum: What is the message? who is listening? The Journal of American History, 81(1), 151-151. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/docview/224932766?accountid=14543