"Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars? Grassroots Creativity Meets the Media Industry,"
This chapter is about the Star Wars movies which is a great example of media convergence beacause it caught on as a media frenzy which many companies took advantage of to make money.
The integration of Star Wars in our everyday lives has caused us to think of the series not as movies, but as part of our culture.
Three Key Points/Ideas:
1)Companies taking advantage of the hype
2)Dedication of the fans
3)Integration of Star Wars in mainstream culture
In convergence culture, both producers and consumers participate in various different ways. Consumers or the fans get so involved that sometimes they start their own production especially with the help of the internet without realizing the legalities of the situations. Producers worried that consumers were taking over and there was a legal battle whether to penalize the fans who illegally made their own productions or whether they should consider the fans as collaboraters to promote the original production.
Fans get inspired by their favorite show, song, or culture and the deep involvement gives them the ownership towards it. Amateurs take advantage of new technologies to re-emerge the grassroot creations. With the help of the internet, it gets shared by others for fun, to learn, and to bring improved and better material.
Star Wars parodies showed the evolution of amateur film making in both numbers and quality. "The idea that amateur film makers could develop such a global following runs counter to the historical marginilization of grassroots media production," (Jenkins 145).
Star Wars got the popularity of the media for several different reasons. Fan clubs of Star Wars emerged with a multitiude of films and clips affiliated with Star Wars for entertainment, but unfortunately, the amateurs did not receive any profit.
Star Wars is a great example of media convergence working through several different films, clips, plays, videogames, novels, comic books, toys, action figures, costumes, video tapes, and audio tapes. Amateurs are being benefitted by the internet through generating new information to attract the media which in turn brings new talents and innovative developments.
These developments increased so much that as Will Brooker said "Since the internet is growing so fast, we are in the process of developing guidelines for how we can enhance the ability of Star Wars fans to communicate with each other without infringing on Star Wars copyrights and trademarks," (P.155-156). Through Lucasfilms, the fans were given "www.starwars.com" in which the rules and regulations were enforced. However, both the producers and consumers were not sure on which rules should govern them and there was much conflict between the two.
The most challenging concept that I faced was the conflicts between the producers and consumers which I thought was unnecessary. As mentioned by Jenkins "In the end, the media producers need fans just as much as fans need them," (P.173).
Questions:
1)Why was Star Wars chosen as the catalyst for this media frenzy?
2)How did the internet play a role in increasing the hype of Star Wars?
The availability of such Star Wars creations is a problem for children with cell phones. It distracts them from school, homework, and even with spending time with the family. This "gateway drug" effect will cause these children to be so involved in their cell phones, they will be borderline obsessed.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
blog # 10, Readings of 4/14/09
Situationism and Media.
Debord, “An Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography” (1955)
Debord and Wolman, “A User’s guide to Detournement” (1956)
Debord, “The Theory of the Derive” (1958)
The above three articles from this week's readings gave an overview of discovery of new ways,creation of new things, the curiosity to find better ways to do things and the excitement for innovations.
The necessities of life are forcing to discover superior and newer productions,which is converging to new life styles of life.
The main point is whether we like it or not we have to go beyond the previous inspirations to deal with the new changes and innovations.
Key Points:
1. As stated in the article "Psychogeography sets for itself the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, whether consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." The environment is rapidly changing for instance the invention of automobiles,it is a necessity, convenience and prestige,there is a surplus of cars because everyone's wants to own one, but at the same time people are encouraged to use the public transportation.
The invention of psychogeographical maps is very interesting people blind foldedly follow the maps.
2.Key definitions in the article of Minor détournement,"the détournement of an element which has no importance in itself and which thus draws all its meaning from the new context in which it has been placed". And "the Deceptive détournement, also termed premonitory-proposition détournement, is in contrast the détournement of an intrinsically significant element, which derives a different scope from the new context". Détournement bring changes in common people to become literate to invent and explore new views and advancement in technologies.
There is big impact of détournement shown in films,records,architectural designs, titles,music, gestures and words.
3.The theory of dérive,as descibed in the article,"a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiences. Dérives involve playful-constructive behavior and awareness of psychogeographical effects".
Maps and guides are developed to follow the dierections and penetrate the surrounding views,mind gets easily disoriented if they are riding in a taxi.
The dérive can almost be a therapeutic technique.
The most difficult and challenging part from this week's reading are use of the laws on the détournement. As stated "It is the most distant detourned element which contributes most sharply to the overall impression, and not the elements that directly determine the nature of this impression."
Q.1. What do they mean by cartography in this statement: "Along with various more difficult means of intervention, a renovated cartography seems appropriate for immediate utilization."
Q.2. Why are the last hours of the night are generally unsuitable for dérives as noted in the article.
This week's readings will help in my final paper writing from this statement" The French word détournement means deflection, diversion, rerouting, distortion, misuse, misappropriation, hijacking, or otherwise turning something aside from its normal course or purpose. It has sometimes been translated as “diversion,”.
Debord, “An Introduction to a Critique of Urban Geography” (1955)
Debord and Wolman, “A User’s guide to Detournement” (1956)
Debord, “The Theory of the Derive” (1958)
The above three articles from this week's readings gave an overview of discovery of new ways,creation of new things, the curiosity to find better ways to do things and the excitement for innovations.
The necessities of life are forcing to discover superior and newer productions,which is converging to new life styles of life.
The main point is whether we like it or not we have to go beyond the previous inspirations to deal with the new changes and innovations.
Key Points:
1. As stated in the article "Psychogeography sets for itself the study of the precise laws and specific effects of the geographical environment, whether consciously organized or not, on the emotions and behavior of individuals." The environment is rapidly changing for instance the invention of automobiles,it is a necessity, convenience and prestige,there is a surplus of cars because everyone's wants to own one, but at the same time people are encouraged to use the public transportation.
The invention of psychogeographical maps is very interesting people blind foldedly follow the maps.
2.Key definitions in the article of Minor détournement,"the détournement of an element which has no importance in itself and which thus draws all its meaning from the new context in which it has been placed". And "the Deceptive détournement, also termed premonitory-proposition détournement, is in contrast the détournement of an intrinsically significant element, which derives a different scope from the new context". Détournement bring changes in common people to become literate to invent and explore new views and advancement in technologies.
There is big impact of détournement shown in films,records,architectural designs, titles,music, gestures and words.
3.The theory of dérive,as descibed in the article,"a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiences. Dérives involve playful-constructive behavior and awareness of psychogeographical effects".
Maps and guides are developed to follow the dierections and penetrate the surrounding views,mind gets easily disoriented if they are riding in a taxi.
The dérive can almost be a therapeutic technique.
The most difficult and challenging part from this week's reading are use of the laws on the détournement. As stated "It is the most distant detourned element which contributes most sharply to the overall impression, and not the elements that directly determine the nature of this impression."
Q.1. What do they mean by cartography in this statement: "Along with various more difficult means of intervention, a renovated cartography seems appropriate for immediate utilization."
Q.2. Why are the last hours of the night are generally unsuitable for dérives as noted in the article.
This week's readings will help in my final paper writing from this statement" The French word détournement means deflection, diversion, rerouting, distortion, misuse, misappropriation, hijacking, or otherwise turning something aside from its normal course or purpose. It has sometimes been translated as “diversion,”.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Blog # 9, 04/07/09 Readings
Article#1: Why the Digital Computer is Dead by Chris Chesher.
The article is showing why the term "digital computer" is outdated because the technology is bringing new electronic gadgets which are widespread everywhere.
The technology is advancing in a very high pace,writer is introducing the concept of invocation media, which could be the combination of history and new technology.
There might be a connection between religion,magical powers and new technology.
The three key points are:
1.Invocation Media
2.Analog Computers
3.Digital Computers
They are defining and comparing the digital and analog computers.As mentioned in the article analog computer used the continuous variations for calculations where as digital computers used the discrete values, which is noticeable in writing.
Digital computers have more advantages to work with stored programs and data,more powerful with large addressable memories and offered language-like command sets as compared to narrower applications use in analog computers.
Nowadays the term "digital"is used for any high tech or computerized media technology,like digital images, digital camera, digital television,digital sound system,etc.
Computer started as an electronic device used for doing time consuming mathematical calculations and statistics, but technology advanced the computer usage for typing a paper, making graphics in power points,millions of Web-sites can provide the world wide information in seconds.
As stated in the article "The theory of invocational media is an attempt to construct a non-representational concept for new media." Author is calling the light and switch as an invocation device. As per article "McLuhan[23] argues that the content of the electric light is what it illuminates: night baseball or brain surgery. Without electric light, these activities could not take place." The other interesting part mentioned is the act of switching could be symbolic as in Christmas tree lighting or any other festive lights, it can be done by someone special or by executioner for someone on electric chair, as mentioned in the article "the moment of switching is an event in itself. The invocatory act has a certain power."
Article #2: "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin' (1936)
According to the article the piece of art is reproducible, but the mechanical reproduction has its own new quality of art.
Similarly in literature,mechanical reproductions in writing can come out differently in printings.
Some pieces of art are unique and authentic,which cannot be reproduced but certain things can be mechanically reproduced in quantities or in bulk but the quality is not guaranteed to be the same.
Art is very subjective it depends how you perceive it.Sometimes there is no originality left in reproduction.
The Three Key Points:
1.The Principle of Work of Art
2.Aura of the Work of Art
3.Comparison of Painting vs photography and Film vs Theater
Articles explains how the woodcut graphic art reproduced mechanically for the first time,engraving and etching were added to woodcut, then started the lithography which got surpassed by photography.All this convergent is taking place because of the new innovations.
The concept of aura refers to historical objects as well as the natural aspects.For the film as mentioned in the article "Consequently, the aura that envelopes the actor vanishes, and with it the aura of the figure he portrays."
Original paintings are the one and only ,they are mechanically reproduced into photography, but they are questioning if photography is an art in itself. As stated in the article "Abel Gance, compares the film hieroglyphs;Or in the words of Severin-Mars; "What art has been granted a dream more poetical and more real at the same time!Approached in this fashion the film might represent an incomparable means of expression".
My most difficult and challenging part was to understand about aura and the Epilogue at the end of the article # 2.
Q.1.How does the mechanical reproduction of art changes the reaction of the masses toward art?
Q.2. Will the art of mechanical reproduction attain a better quality in near future?
This week's reading on high tech or computerized media technology,like digital images, digital camera, digital television,digital sound system,etc.will help me in my final paper writing.
The article is showing why the term "digital computer" is outdated because the technology is bringing new electronic gadgets which are widespread everywhere.
The technology is advancing in a very high pace,writer is introducing the concept of invocation media, which could be the combination of history and new technology.
There might be a connection between religion,magical powers and new technology.
The three key points are:
1.Invocation Media
2.Analog Computers
3.Digital Computers
They are defining and comparing the digital and analog computers.As mentioned in the article analog computer used the continuous variations for calculations where as digital computers used the discrete values, which is noticeable in writing.
Digital computers have more advantages to work with stored programs and data,more powerful with large addressable memories and offered language-like command sets as compared to narrower applications use in analog computers.
Nowadays the term "digital"is used for any high tech or computerized media technology,like digital images, digital camera, digital television,digital sound system,etc.
Computer started as an electronic device used for doing time consuming mathematical calculations and statistics, but technology advanced the computer usage for typing a paper, making graphics in power points,millions of Web-sites can provide the world wide information in seconds.
As stated in the article "The theory of invocational media is an attempt to construct a non-representational concept for new media." Author is calling the light and switch as an invocation device. As per article "McLuhan[23] argues that the content of the electric light is what it illuminates: night baseball or brain surgery. Without electric light, these activities could not take place." The other interesting part mentioned is the act of switching could be symbolic as in Christmas tree lighting or any other festive lights, it can be done by someone special or by executioner for someone on electric chair, as mentioned in the article "the moment of switching is an event in itself. The invocatory act has a certain power."
Article #2: "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin' (1936)
According to the article the piece of art is reproducible, but the mechanical reproduction has its own new quality of art.
Similarly in literature,mechanical reproductions in writing can come out differently in printings.
Some pieces of art are unique and authentic,which cannot be reproduced but certain things can be mechanically reproduced in quantities or in bulk but the quality is not guaranteed to be the same.
Art is very subjective it depends how you perceive it.Sometimes there is no originality left in reproduction.
The Three Key Points:
1.The Principle of Work of Art
2.Aura of the Work of Art
3.Comparison of Painting vs photography and Film vs Theater
Articles explains how the woodcut graphic art reproduced mechanically for the first time,engraving and etching were added to woodcut, then started the lithography which got surpassed by photography.All this convergent is taking place because of the new innovations.
The concept of aura refers to historical objects as well as the natural aspects.For the film as mentioned in the article "Consequently, the aura that envelopes the actor vanishes, and with it the aura of the figure he portrays."
Original paintings are the one and only ,they are mechanically reproduced into photography, but they are questioning if photography is an art in itself. As stated in the article "Abel Gance, compares the film hieroglyphs;Or in the words of Severin-Mars; "What art has been granted a dream more poetical and more real at the same time!Approached in this fashion the film might represent an incomparable means of expression".
My most difficult and challenging part was to understand about aura and the Epilogue at the end of the article # 2.
Q.1.How does the mechanical reproduction of art changes the reaction of the masses toward art?
Q.2. Will the art of mechanical reproduction attain a better quality in near future?
This week's reading on high tech or computerized media technology,like digital images, digital camera, digital television,digital sound system,etc.will help me in my final paper writing.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Week 8 Readings Blog # 8
Article #1:
Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law:
Larry Lessig is arguing about the copyright issues of the new technology and he is doing comparison of the past culture to the new technology. At the end he came to a conclusion of finding legalized private solution, some sort of balance between the new technology and the culture.
The most significant key points are the broadcasters competition, what Internet is doing, opportunity to revive read and write culture, digital technology used for the revival of vocals.
One key point is user generator content that is spreading in business.
The other key point is celebrating amateur culture,remixes of the old and new songs
The challenging part is the tools of creativity,the tools of speech for our kids, how the kids think and understand the digital technology and change things without the user's consent or permission.
As Larry Lessig talks abuot the important point of growing extremism,which is not considered the right thing. On one side there is new technology, like u-tube and on the other hand is the ignorance and rejection of the copyright's laws. Kids culture and the new technology have to find a neutral balanced solution.
Article#2:
The Changing Face of Workplace Learning.
by Anders Gronstedt:
The article is about learning responsibilities for employees through Podcasting, which is an iPod driven phenomenon. As mentioned in the article " Learners can listen to or watch a podcast from their computers, Black Berrys, smart phones or any other media playing device."
Main point is podcasting is an excellent new convergent technology for training on the go when ever you have a few minutes to utilize constructively, for example while you are walking, driving, or eating.
Key point as mentioned in the article "Almost half of our audience is outside of the United States." The other point is cell phones are extremely popular in Asia and Europe and so is the video iPods and video-enabled cell phones used as"vodcasting".
Another key point as mentioned by the author " most sucessful podcasts are hosted on the blog" that converges into two way communication medium.
The challenge is the workers are spending their own personal time to learn which is taking away someone's private leisure time.
These two articles have reflected some points about the cell phones and the kids that might help me in my final paper.
Questions:
1. What are the limitations of copyrights for the new technology?
2. Is the creation of new technology and fear of breaking the copyright laws discouraging the youth to bring innovative ideas?
Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law:
Larry Lessig is arguing about the copyright issues of the new technology and he is doing comparison of the past culture to the new technology. At the end he came to a conclusion of finding legalized private solution, some sort of balance between the new technology and the culture.
The most significant key points are the broadcasters competition, what Internet is doing, opportunity to revive read and write culture, digital technology used for the revival of vocals.
One key point is user generator content that is spreading in business.
The other key point is celebrating amateur culture,remixes of the old and new songs
The challenging part is the tools of creativity,the tools of speech for our kids, how the kids think and understand the digital technology and change things without the user's consent or permission.
As Larry Lessig talks abuot the important point of growing extremism,which is not considered the right thing. On one side there is new technology, like u-tube and on the other hand is the ignorance and rejection of the copyright's laws. Kids culture and the new technology have to find a neutral balanced solution.
Article#2:
The Changing Face of Workplace Learning.
by Anders Gronstedt:
The article is about learning responsibilities for employees through Podcasting, which is an iPod driven phenomenon. As mentioned in the article " Learners can listen to or watch a podcast from their computers, Black Berrys, smart phones or any other media playing device."
Main point is podcasting is an excellent new convergent technology for training on the go when ever you have a few minutes to utilize constructively, for example while you are walking, driving, or eating.
Key point as mentioned in the article "Almost half of our audience is outside of the United States." The other point is cell phones are extremely popular in Asia and Europe and so is the video iPods and video-enabled cell phones used as"vodcasting".
Another key point as mentioned by the author " most sucessful podcasts are hosted on the blog" that converges into two way communication medium.
The challenge is the workers are spending their own personal time to learn which is taking away someone's private leisure time.
These two articles have reflected some points about the cell phones and the kids that might help me in my final paper.
Questions:
1. What are the limitations of copyrights for the new technology?
2. Is the creation of new technology and fear of breaking the copyright laws discouraging the youth to bring innovative ideas?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
final paper contd. 2 articles 3/22/09
Article on Adolescent Use of Mobile Phones for Calling and for Sending Text Messages After Lights Out:
By Jan Van Bulck.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1978406&blobtype=pdf
This article is about the study done on young adolescents for a year to conclude how mobile phones used at night time when lights are out for making phone calls and for sending or receiving text messages and if this is causing greater level of tiredness in kids.
The key point is the use of cell phones has become such an essential part among kids to use as a modern means of interpersonal and mass communication. Young children are missing the required amount of sleep at night time, while talking and sending or receiving the text messages on cell phone. As stated in the article " Children's bedrooms are connected to global networks through internet access and mobile phones".Kids are being constantly disturbed by so called by the writer "bombing" where different numbers of rings convey different messages, it is becoming a pass time or we can say the waste of time for the kids and on top of that the kids are exposed to biological effects of emissions.As stated in the article "The electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones, for instance, may have an effect on the sleep electroencephalogram,and evening exposure to mobile phone emissions may affect melatonin production."
In conclusion cell phone use in adolescents is getting very common, the media convergence of cell phones into radio, television, video games, photography and MP3 technologies may increase the use of cell phones at night time, which can relate to greater level of tiredness in adolescents.The article is stating that "The American Academy of Pediatrics has suggested that children's bedrooms ought to be “electronic media-free” rooms."
Article # 2:
Kids and Cell Phones: A Crosswalk Hazard?
From Common Sense Media.http://www.commonsensemedia.org/node/624990
Article is emphasizing on parents to teach their kids not to talk on cell phones while they are on the road. It is more likely the kids can run into traffic accidents while talking or text messaging on the cell phone.
For my thesis statement, cell phones can be very dangerous on the road, kids can be so engrossed while they are talking on the phone they forget to look around for the traffic or even the child can be in danger of being mugged or someone can steal their cell phone.
By Jan Van Bulck.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1978406&blobtype=pdf
This article is about the study done on young adolescents for a year to conclude how mobile phones used at night time when lights are out for making phone calls and for sending or receiving text messages and if this is causing greater level of tiredness in kids.
The key point is the use of cell phones has become such an essential part among kids to use as a modern means of interpersonal and mass communication. Young children are missing the required amount of sleep at night time, while talking and sending or receiving the text messages on cell phone. As stated in the article " Children's bedrooms are connected to global networks through internet access and mobile phones".Kids are being constantly disturbed by so called by the writer "bombing" where different numbers of rings convey different messages, it is becoming a pass time or we can say the waste of time for the kids and on top of that the kids are exposed to biological effects of emissions.As stated in the article "The electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones, for instance, may have an effect on the sleep electroencephalogram,and evening exposure to mobile phone emissions may affect melatonin production."
In conclusion cell phone use in adolescents is getting very common, the media convergence of cell phones into radio, television, video games, photography and MP3 technologies may increase the use of cell phones at night time, which can relate to greater level of tiredness in adolescents.The article is stating that "The American Academy of Pediatrics has suggested that children's bedrooms ought to be “electronic media-free” rooms."
Article # 2:
Kids and Cell Phones: A Crosswalk Hazard?
From Common Sense Media.http://www.commonsensemedia.org/node/624990
Article is emphasizing on parents to teach their kids not to talk on cell phones while they are on the road. It is more likely the kids can run into traffic accidents while talking or text messaging on the cell phone.
For my thesis statement, cell phones can be very dangerous on the road, kids can be so engrossed while they are talking on the phone they forget to look around for the traffic or even the child can be in danger of being mugged or someone can steal their cell phone.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
week#7 blog
Week 7 Readings Blog, March 14, 2009
Article #1 –“Blogging: What is it?”
Blogging can be done by anyone if they are connected to the internet. People and journalists gain a whole bunch of general, political, technological, and scientific knowledge from blogs. People can take advantage of medical reviews, movie reviews, and restaurant reviews from different peoples’ blogs and you can use it 24 hours. Blogging is a source of information for the public and journalists. As mentioned in the article some people are sharing their happy moments of a holiday and the next day people are grieving on tsunami victims. People enjoy reading other people’s expressions and they can help each other in their sorrows and grief through blogs.
The key point is the bloggers can express their feelings on practically anything in blogs, including their political, cultural, or worldly views. It is almost like a diary. If you feel like writing on a particular subject, you can write. The only difference is the public is reading these blogs.
The second key point is blogs make an impact on how people use the web. People try to put their true feelings to share with others and to receive responses as well. Participative culture is developed through collective intelligence and knowledge. The knowledge shared on line public can participate in blogging to express their views. As mentioned in the article (how blogs could merge with traditional journalism resulting in participative journalism) peoples’ blogs can become the best resource of information for the public and journalists.
Being connected to people and interact with the community people get to know each other and keep the bloggers up to date with the technology is the true motivation of blogging. Blogging is a source of information for public and journalists community news resource
It’s very hard for me to understand the ethical responsibility of blogging. It seems to me bloggers just write their inner feelings about the topics in which they are interested, although people do understand that blogs are public knowledge and they have to be careful about the language and understand not to hurt anyone’s feelings and try to write non-biased blogs.
Blogs are an example of digital convergence through internet users creating a web-based diary or blog.
Question #1: Is the blog information from all different backgrounds confusing the public?
Question #2: Are people spending more time on the internet because of blogging?
Article #2 - “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Blog”
The writer is telling us how she started to blog and progressively it turned into all kinds of community issues and politically helped in election season. The writer is telling us that anyone could be a civic blogger if they wished to. It is the most inexpensive way to help people out and share with the community. She experimented with new topics. For example, her lunch meetings, and it was amazing how people got hooked to blogs and a whole bunch of people joined for lunch, with gives them the chance to socialize and talk more about community or general issues and politics, et cetera.
The first key point is how blogs brought the community together. It evoked community feeling. It turned out to be a safe way to deal with the civic issues of the community. For instance, they were giving an example of the trash to be picked up once a week instead of twice a week and how it brought the community and people together.
The second key point is how it helped in elections in how she educated the people in giving them information about the candidates through interviewing the candidates. It helped people to choose the candidates for voting and because of that more people came to vote.
People should be mindful of offensive content that might hurt or upset someone’s feelings in the blogs, or maybe they should consider using common sense when they write blogs so they do not hurt anyone’s feelings but rather respect the feelings of others.
Blogging is like sharing your feelings with others without any fear, with the hope that others will be encouraged to share their feelings at the same time. People have to start trusting each other by reading the true feelings or the neutral expressions in blogs.
Question #1: What laws should bloggers be concerned about?
Question #2: Is public liable for lawsuits if they put any unsuitable comments in blogs?
Article #1 –“Blogging: What is it?”
Blogging can be done by anyone if they are connected to the internet. People and journalists gain a whole bunch of general, political, technological, and scientific knowledge from blogs. People can take advantage of medical reviews, movie reviews, and restaurant reviews from different peoples’ blogs and you can use it 24 hours. Blogging is a source of information for the public and journalists. As mentioned in the article some people are sharing their happy moments of a holiday and the next day people are grieving on tsunami victims. People enjoy reading other people’s expressions and they can help each other in their sorrows and grief through blogs.
The key point is the bloggers can express their feelings on practically anything in blogs, including their political, cultural, or worldly views. It is almost like a diary. If you feel like writing on a particular subject, you can write. The only difference is the public is reading these blogs.
The second key point is blogs make an impact on how people use the web. People try to put their true feelings to share with others and to receive responses as well. Participative culture is developed through collective intelligence and knowledge. The knowledge shared on line public can participate in blogging to express their views. As mentioned in the article (how blogs could merge with traditional journalism resulting in participative journalism) peoples’ blogs can become the best resource of information for the public and journalists.
Being connected to people and interact with the community people get to know each other and keep the bloggers up to date with the technology is the true motivation of blogging. Blogging is a source of information for public and journalists community news resource
It’s very hard for me to understand the ethical responsibility of blogging. It seems to me bloggers just write their inner feelings about the topics in which they are interested, although people do understand that blogs are public knowledge and they have to be careful about the language and understand not to hurt anyone’s feelings and try to write non-biased blogs.
Blogs are an example of digital convergence through internet users creating a web-based diary or blog.
Question #1: Is the blog information from all different backgrounds confusing the public?
Question #2: Are people spending more time on the internet because of blogging?
Article #2 - “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Blog”
The writer is telling us how she started to blog and progressively it turned into all kinds of community issues and politically helped in election season. The writer is telling us that anyone could be a civic blogger if they wished to. It is the most inexpensive way to help people out and share with the community. She experimented with new topics. For example, her lunch meetings, and it was amazing how people got hooked to blogs and a whole bunch of people joined for lunch, with gives them the chance to socialize and talk more about community or general issues and politics, et cetera.
The first key point is how blogs brought the community together. It evoked community feeling. It turned out to be a safe way to deal with the civic issues of the community. For instance, they were giving an example of the trash to be picked up once a week instead of twice a week and how it brought the community and people together.
The second key point is how it helped in elections in how she educated the people in giving them information about the candidates through interviewing the candidates. It helped people to choose the candidates for voting and because of that more people came to vote.
People should be mindful of offensive content that might hurt or upset someone’s feelings in the blogs, or maybe they should consider using common sense when they write blogs so they do not hurt anyone’s feelings but rather respect the feelings of others.
Blogging is like sharing your feelings with others without any fear, with the hope that others will be encouraged to share their feelings at the same time. People have to start trusting each other by reading the true feelings or the neutral expressions in blogs.
Question #1: What laws should bloggers be concerned about?
Question #2: Is public liable for lawsuits if they put any unsuitable comments in blogs?
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
cell phone paper contd. 03/07/09.
After I have researched more into cell phones and kids,I have narrowed down my thesis statement to "Are cell phones really hurting our kids? The media convergence from cell phones to text messaging which is one of the most mainstream activities among young kids these days. Text messaging is the most popular way to get connected to their friends. Kids are loosing their proper reading and writing skills by using the text language, while they are using their cell phones to chat, make plans, gossip,get help on homework, which may be cheating as well,tell jokes,hurt each other by telling bad jokes, make fun of each other, complain, make plans for dates and break up.
The article I am using is on Cell Phones Endanger Children. By TerakaSerrano."http://www.theallineed.com/family/05012302.htm"
The article has conducted a survey, which is indicating that cellphones can cause malignant and non-malignant tumors. Research done by a leading epidemiologist in U.S Dr.George Carlos:states "that cell phones interfere with pacemakers, that developing skulls of children are penetrated deeply by the energy emitted from a cell phone" the cell phone and the radio frequency radiations can cause, type of a genetic damage
known to be a diagnostic marker for cancer.Even short term use of cell phones have adverse effects of impaired learning ability. They are recommending to protect
children from using the cell phones. According to the article, "In January ,2005, The National Radiological Board in U.K., announced that they are now advising parents not to let children under the age of eight use the cell phones."
The second article I have found is opposing the above first article, the name of the article is Bioelectromagnetics,Volume 26,Issue S7, Published, July,29th,2005.
The research article mentions "Electromagnetic field emitted by 902 MHz mobile phones shows no effects on children's cognitive function." The research was done on 10-14 years old children on mobile phones.
According to the article, present results are challenging the earlier findings suggesting that the electromagnetic field created by an active mobile phone would facilitate cognitive functioning. Further researches are still going on but the reports mentions the potential hazards of cell phones, parents are wise to think seriously about getting cell phones for their kids.
Article on Electrmagnetic Field Emitted by 902 MHz mobile phone shows no effects on Children's Cognitive Function.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110575468/abstract
The article I am using is on Cell Phones Endanger Children. By TerakaSerrano."http://www.theallineed.com/family/05012302.htm"
The article has conducted a survey, which is indicating that cellphones can cause malignant and non-malignant tumors. Research done by a leading epidemiologist in U.S Dr.George Carlos:states "that cell phones interfere with pacemakers, that developing skulls of children are penetrated deeply by the energy emitted from a cell phone" the cell phone and the radio frequency radiations can cause, type of a genetic damage
known to be a diagnostic marker for cancer.Even short term use of cell phones have adverse effects of impaired learning ability. They are recommending to protect
children from using the cell phones. According to the article, "In January ,2005, The National Radiological Board in U.K., announced that they are now advising parents not to let children under the age of eight use the cell phones."
The second article I have found is opposing the above first article, the name of the article is Bioelectromagnetics,Volume 26,Issue S7, Published, July,29th,2005.
The research article mentions "Electromagnetic field emitted by 902 MHz mobile phones shows no effects on children's cognitive function." The research was done on 10-14 years old children on mobile phones.
According to the article, present results are challenging the earlier findings suggesting that the electromagnetic field created by an active mobile phone would facilitate cognitive functioning. Further researches are still going on but the reports mentions the potential hazards of cell phones, parents are wise to think seriously about getting cell phones for their kids.
Article on Electrmagnetic Field Emitted by 902 MHz mobile phone shows no effects on Children's Cognitive Function.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110575468/abstract
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