Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Last Post
Unit 3 begins next week and will take place on our new wiki (cyber110news.pbwiki.com). For Tuesday's class, please email 3 ongoing news stories that you might be interested in working on. They have to be ongoing stories (like the war in Iraq, the primary elections, the collapsing economy, Olympics related turmoil in China, etc.).
If you do not email this to me begore Tuesday's class, I will choose a group for you.
If you do not email this to me begore Tuesday's class, I will choose a group for you.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Summary LonelyGirl15
LonelyGirls15 is one of the CyberComp in the internet that providing chat-rooms and free videos for visitors. At this Cyber, people are watching the videos about a girl’s life, and discus about them, or giving advice about what “She” should do since people don’t know that that’s a play. But now, they more likely to talk what they think it will show and what happen in the next play. And in the class, we had talk about free speech and privacy. Shouldn’t we give up our freedom of speech to keep our privacy or otherwise?
Kate Modern
Kate Modern isnt your average streaming video blog. Although it appears to be the narratives of several young people and their daily accounts it is in fact all scripted, a reality tv show of sorts. This however isnt your ordinary reality tv show, the viewer has a lot more power and is able to sit in the script writer's seat. Kate Modern offers a convoluted interactive plot. Each episode leaves the viewer clues to solve the many mysteries revolving around the show. The forum allows fans and viewers to leave input which the producers take into account when creating the future episodes. Kate Modern as well as its precursor Lonelygirl15 both have gathered a huge following. It is easy to see why, although the episodes are only a few minutes in length they offer you something that tv series cannot, you can actively participate. I believe that Kate Modern is a revolutionary form of entertainment, and is also more beneficial than regular tv. When you watch tv, you dont need to think, you just simply soak in what it gives you. Whereas, with Kate Modern and LG15 you can actually put your mind to work, and think for yourself of new plot twists that might be interesting for the show. Not only that, but you can try to use the clues provided within the episodes and try to solve the mysteries.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
For Thursday, April 10
Please bring in 3 copies of your paper for peer review. You must bring a completed version of your paper. If you do not participate in peer review your paper will be marked down one grade, and you will need to make an appointment with the writing center (and bring in proof of your meeting).
Sunday, April 6, 2008
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