What's the Point???

Who has ever wondered what in the world is going on with the comment section of YOUTUBE? Hundreds of pointless, cruel, advertisement-like comments combine to make a non-sensical pool of random comments that many no longer even attempt to read. At least this is what several people said in Media literacy class on Thursday. I began to search around wondering if anyone was as perplexed as myself, wondering what was the purpose of the comment section and why is it that is never seems to fulfill its seemingly conventional purpose; to critique the video.

Youtube Comments: Necessary, But Add No Value

is a blog/article by Bwana concerning Youtube comment. Bwana says, " Hardly anyone pays attention to anything prior to the last 10 comments, yet the videos with the most comments, get more views.

"What do these comments generally look like?" you ask. Well, let's take a look.

What the Comments on Youtube Really Mean

YouTube and CBS Censoring Comments

Wiki-knowledge

After a semester of stress and pushing through the period on auto-pilot, some students determine in their mind to try and enjoy and really cherish the learning they are receiving and resolve to go to class and enjoy oneself. Okay, well maybe not some people, maybe just me. I tried I did, but it only lasts a while. By week three or four with assignments rolling in and what seems like more activities in the day than hours in the day that desire to relish the learning experience dwindles and fades until the week after finals.
Though this cycle will no doubt continue I still desire to learn more and new interesting things daily. I recently discovered that my phone is formatted for Wikipedia so I have been finding myself pulling up the events that occurred in History on that particular day of the month or random articles. If I hear of a particular person in History that I don't know of I can just look up their name and know all I need. In those times of boredom when I should probably be reading for a class I can add a little tidbit to my miscellaneous bank of knowledge. I think it is a really neat tool and it is so amazing how every bit of knowledge is at the fingertips without those same fingertips at a keyboard. I feel that there no excuse for anyone with basic technology to be uninformed after they are aware of it unless they desire not to know something.

Creepy Robot

I just saw this and thought it was extremely cool and odd.
CREEPIEST ROBOT EVER

Okay so at 12:37 am
I am finding this robot pretty cool also!
LIFE-LIKEWOMANROBOT
LIFELIKEWOMANROBOT2

Check it out guys, this stuff is so NEAT! .......... and of course all possible and able to be shared through Media Platforms ; )

Tweet Tweet

TWITTER

As of Thursday 03/05/09 10:28am I am officially a twitter-er (maybe not quite the way to say it, eh?). Well actually I didn't and haven't done much yet so I guess I am not really "in" yet. To be honest it strikes me a a neat device but then almost irritates me (MyTwitterConfusion-yesyoumaylaugh) because I still don't quite get it. My lack-luster tweet record probably is very unexciting because i have no-one to tweet to.  Unlike so many others, I have not heard many striking things about twitter, nor did I know it was gathering faithful followers who were going from novice tweeters to Tweet Masters! 

   Wow! I do agree that there is something very Facebookey, and MySpace-Like like that would draw me to Twitter. I am entertained in informing people of meaningless, random facts about my thoughts, ideas, activities, and whereabouts. Though meaningless, the quirky, silly, blunt, and tell-all manner in which people tweet is still expected to create meaning and identity. All of the tweets about various tweets do merge to form an image of what one would want another to perceive them as. 

    it intrigues us to know what others are doing and to know that others care about what we are doing. The only question that I have to ask myself is, How long will Twitter last? Twitter has been around for a few years (Read It's Birth). Honestly I think Twitter would become a bore after a while, or perhaps I would force myself to stop using it when it became too time-consuming due to its lack of boredom. I am not quite sure, while I admit that twitters purpose for existence doesn't quite move me to be an avid user, there is a hint of fun and useless-usefullness that makes me not mind leaning how to use it. So..tweet on : )

In Living Color?

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I have decided to report in a new trend that may not be as much new as the fact that i am just finding out about it. While exploring remedies to a restricted guest list I was informed of a woman who had a wedding where the ceremony was broadcast online to other guests. Thinking this was a totally rare thing i set about finding how to DIY. What I found was that i was really out of the loop. There are several websites that allow Brides and Grooms to be to make a second wedding list and send out invites to a virtual wedding.
In other words guest can log in and watch the wedding in real-time since they can't be there. And if a guest misses it, no problem. The video is saved for a period of time to replay. What an absolutely neat idea!!! Now destination weddings seem more realistic, the remorseful Bride can dry her tears and give all her loved ones access to her special day even though the room capacity may object. The only catch is that (not yet at least) this wonderful option comes with a price. The prices are reasonable (except that one could really do all this stuff themselves if they had the knowhow. At Live Wedding Broadcast you can get a package for 10 guests for $100 and 2 hours of coverage, 25 guests for $150 and 2 hours, or 50 guests for $250 and 4 hours.

Who would have thought that media and technogoly would effects so many areas. Technology has reached out its fingertips and touched a bit of everyones world. It is so neat how technology and just a thought for a need to be fulfilled can totally rearrange an industry or a once common practice. In the case of weddings, they were once so traditional and maybe somewhat standard but now the options are endless. Brides and Planners have access to numerous supplies and resources and the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) logic has exploded.

Online Video Feed Website!!!

http://www.liveweddingbroadcast.tv/bridegroom_pricing.asp

http://www.onlineweddinglive.com/

http://www.liveinternetweddings.com/

http://www.wedcam.co.uk/wedcamv1/public/frontend/home.php

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Let's Rethink It...Just a Tad Maybe

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In one of our sessions in class, we were having a discussion about media and several people, including myself, expressed our feelings toward some of the simpler, more people oriented, "quality time with family" aspects that are separate from the media we see today. While I still believe that some things like board games, family discussions, story time, and activities (without the sound of a television, computer, or video game system in the background) are important and necessary in the cultivation of a tightly knit family, I think there may just be a way to incorporate these new forms of media in a way that really does promote closeness.

Sunday evening my fiance and our parents and I had dinner over their house and we really had a great time talking. I don't know how/why youtube got on exactly but once it started playing, it didn't stop. One person had a hilarious video to show and then someone else remembered their favorite and so it went. Starting with about 4 versions of the National Anthem that were hilarious disasters and continued as we watched

• beauty pageants and models fall
• a Police officer shoot himself in front of a classroom of kids and then pretend he didn't
  
• a girl fall off of a table
• a remix to music of a girl fall off of a table
• a funny kid trying hard to sing

We all gathered around the computer and talked and laughed and joked and had a genuinely great time.

To add to this point I recently spoke to someone who said they had started playing Wii with their children which served as time together.

The more I think on this matter I can surely see some benefits both now and in the future. Maybe there can be an online community where parents and children can submit their favorite bedtime story creations, or possibly submit their own digital works of art into contests (they can do that now I'm sure!).

I can definitely see the internet, if utilized properly, as an enriching way to bring families closer, and develop adolescent skills.

Okay okay I admit, its not all bad ; )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uDc5tQxmJY

Smiles:&:Winks

This is totally irrelevant but Saturday was a very special day! I was attending a marriage conference last weekend which was great, I recommend it http://www.familylife.com/site/c.dnJHKLNnFoG/b.3204559/k.F5BB/Attend_a_conference.htm
But anywho, on Saturday my boyfriend proposed and it was amazing!! Ok : ) , back to New Media Frontiers!

Me Too??...

Image via Wikipedia

Our class is reading WIKINOMICs which discusses a lot about collaboration. We have also read a bit of Convergence Culture. I would have thought that these were new things to me and i haven't participated in collaborating or communities but as i think about it, I have. When I heard another Animal crossing was coming out, I added my ideas for the new game to the board and someone was going to send out ideas to Nintendo. The website also has an area where you can meet people and schedule a time to meet in the game and trade items or just to play and talk and explore. I visited several towns and had someone over to mine.
Another way a community has aided me is through Yahoo Answers. I have asked numerous Wedding questions and DIY tips which people were happy to answer sometimes in rather rude ways but nevertheless I definitely got a mixture of answers. I have even used the Yahoo answers community to help me with calculus questions that I had. There are seriously all types of people on Yahoo who sit and wait for an engaging question to arise and then enjoy answering and racking up points for being a Top contributor.
The Knot has a similar set up that serves al types of Brides-to-Be. There are message boards for general topics and even boards separated by states so that Brides can find vendors in their area and get reviews. The site also includes Real Wedding through which people can share their own wedding themes and ideas through pictures.
There is so much that I have been involved in on-line that I guess I never noticed what I was becoming a part of and that things were changing and developing in the way that they have.

A more enjoyable life?

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I have recently come down with something similar to the flu which has kept me in bed for pretty much the entire day. It is pretty amazing when you think about it that with technology having evolved and expanding in the way that it has, that one could pretty much survive without ever leaving the house. as far as a job is concerned you could work from home and attend a meeting with the camera built into your MAC. Would communication with friends be a problem? Well, not really. Between Facebook, Video chat, IMing, text messaging and telephone you could communicate whenever, and wherever. If you were in a playful mood you could meet up with a friend in Nintendo DS's Animal Crossing and have a "day out" fishing.

After the long day "out" you will probably start to wonder about dinner but of course that poses no problem because you have your groceries delivered by ordering them online.

Any clothes, prescriptions etc could all be ordered online. Movies and music can be ordered online and now Blockbuster has taken after NetFlix and has an online ordering system for movies. With the creation of Wii fit, exercising could be accomplished with the console.

Never leaving home could become difficult for certain services however, but many simple functions have become available to us right in our homes. Whether it improves our overall quality of life can be debated but one thing is for certain: It is very intriguing.

First Blog:

Welcome to my blog!! This blog is all about NEW MEDIA FRONTIERS. Every week I plan to discuss something new in the Media Industry or expand upon what we are learning in class.

Recently in my Information Systems class we have been focusing on intellectual property. Thus far I have been assigned page upon page on what is going on in regard to IP. I felt that it definitely relates to my class.

One on the mains points expressed in the reading is that with all of the technology available and the access individuals have through the internet experiences can be both sweet and sour. For musicians authors and songwriters, the web hold endless possibilities for them to reach possible consumers and to inform just about anyone of their product or thoughts. While this can be good for business, the accessibility to so many people and so much technology people have the opportunity to misuse this gift. Though the issue of infringement is nothing new the more technology increases so does the need for updated form of copyright laws. People are trying to figure out a way to protect that artist or author when digital information can be reproduced so easily. This issue, however can pose harm not only to the economy and parties involved but can also pose even deadlier threats. The web enables virtually everyone, mentally disturbed or not to use the internet. This means that all types of people have the opportunity to false advertise, conjure scams, and seriously jeopardize individuals not only physically but also mentally. It seems that while the internet allows for freedom ad access to endless knowledge experts will find the most efficient way to regulate online crime.

I will attach some articles on the matter soon.