Blog 5

For each source, answer the following:

-Briefly summarize the most valuable points in the source.

-Do you agree with the perspective that the writer chose? Why?

-What are the most interesting questions about your topic raised by this source? How does this source help you to expand your understanding or investigation of this topic? Show that you are thinking deeply about challenging questions related to your topic.

-What are the current changes (in technology or society) that are affecting your topic? Also, what are likely to be important questions or changes related to your topic in the future? (For example, if your topic is the "digital divide," you might talk about what is likely to alter the digital divide in the future, whether you think it will grow larger, etc.)

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090614/1849365226.shtml

This website shares the opinion on digital journalism vs print journalism, that digital ends up being better. This article sites another scholarly article, and includes a video from the Daily show on the issue. Both sources agree that print journalism is an extremely old method of journalism. By the time the printed newspaper gets to readers, the news is old, in that it happend in previous days. While digital journalism is usually written about events of the day. I agree with this position in that it is true, that the news in the newspaper, is technically old news, it did not happen today. In today's technological world, real time information can make the difference between large amounts of money and/or life changing decisions. However, I feel like print journalism is still necessary in that there are many people who do not use the internet very much. Also, newspapers allow people to read about the news in places that they might not get internet service.

After reading this source, I would like to know what other reasons do newspapers, such as the New York Times, have for continuing to print newspapers, especailly since they are losing money. What are the costs of digital journalism versus print journalism? How many people prefer print journalism? Also, those who print newspapers stated that it allowed for verification of facts,; however, it was proved that verification is not always completed. What seperates news that does get verified and corrected from news that receives neither? What will happen when the internet becomes accessible and used by virtually everyone? Will newspapers stop being printed and go completely digital?

http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?sid=4639416d-3e40-4e31-b6ac-4e316181ad9c%40sessionmgr12&vid=1&hid=25&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=mth&AN=37264724

This article is written by a woman whose father predicted the huge transition from print media to digital journalism. He tried to warn many journalist and even headed the Courier Journal's electronic edition. The women saw proof of her father's prediction when a newspaper she subscribes to said they would only deliver the newspaper 3 times a week, opposed to every day. I agree with the father that this change could have been predicted, and that all those who noticed, definately would have profited. It is a cheaper and "greener" way to receive the news. This article makes me wonder, how many other journalists saw and beleived this change was coming? Was the Courier Journal the first paper to go digital? If not, then which newspaper was? And how did the first newspapers to go digital benefit from their pioneering?

http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/detail?sid=cbe863a7-6da4-435b-92d7-5354b5447487%40sessionmgr12&vid=1&hid=25&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=bth&AN=25354369

This site shows an experiment on people's preferences between reading their news from a tangible Post paper, and reading it online. The charts and graphs suggest that at the time of this study most people still preferred to read a print newspaper. And if Post.com were elimiated those who already read the print newspaper would not be affected. However, those who did get their news from Post.com, felt that if it were eliminated they would switch to a newspaper that did offer news from a website, instead of just reading the print copy. This study shows that while many people still read print news, those who prefer digital, look for that in a newspaper overall. It is probably due to accessibility. If this is the case, then I agree. Today, however, I feel that the number of people who read their news online has increased. It is possible that the number is still less than those who read print, but I feel like a lot more people prefer digital journalism than before. This article leaves me wondering how much do people take digital news for granted? Would as many people know what was going on in the world if journalism hadn't gone digital?

link post 9/29

http://www.betternetworker.com/articles/view/marketing/social-networking/analyzing-your-facebook-fan-page

This site describes how a perosn or business can analyze their facebook fanpage, which is something we are doing for this project.

Blog Post 4

http://jerseyshoresource.net/

I find this site interesting because it discusses what the people are doing on the show outside of it. For example, if they are working on any projects with other celebs, it will be posted here. Also, random facts about the members of Jersey Shore are posted, ie baby pictures. This site allows people to comment on all thee posts. Since I am not a fan of Jersey Shore, I like this site because it gives enough information for me to understand what is going on, although I do not watch the show.

http://www.guidofistpump.com/#top

This website is interesting because it is a fansite about two things that that became famous off of the show, the fist pump and guidos. The fist pump is a dance that is done at alot of parties now (even my friends and I do it to certain songs). Guido is another word for a stereotypical Italian-American. This site allows fans to send in pictures and videos of guidos and fist pumping that they find funny.

http://vinnyguadagnino.blogspot.com/2011/09/hey-reality-star.html#comments

This site is actually the blogs of one of the cast members, Vinny Guadagnino . Unlike all the other sites, this one is not fan created. It offers a different view of all that happens on the show and in the lives of the cast members. It also does so in a more artistic way then alot of the other fansites. Vinny has written poems, short stories and other types of blogs on here. He uses digital literature to share his insights with his fans. Many of his fans respond with how his writings made them feel and how much they love him.

A site that can help me analyze these fansites would be DIY Media 2010: fan Vids. there are a mic of videos and pictures sent to these sites by fans. Just like in DIYs where "Many people...don't 'get' fan vids, seeing them either as incomprehensible mashups or mere celebrity slideshows", many people might think that the videos and pics sent to these sites are just people goofing off. In reality, the videos are showing a lifestyle connected to Jersey Shore. The videos and pictures can be analyzed to show how people view the cast of the show and people who connect to them in some way. Many fans post these videos to show their support of the show. Many 'Guidos" post to show how much they identify with the show. This site can help bring up a discussion of why so many people like the show. I personally do not watch it, but perhaps the videos and pictures show the connection that many people feel to the characters.

Another site from the online readings that the sites I found can connect to is HOWARD RHEINGOLD: SMART MOBS. Just looking at Vinny Guadagnino's blogspot page it can be seen that he has over 3000 followers. With so many people following him he could honestly start some type of revolution. There are 3000 people reading the things he says and many of them are probably devoted fans willing to follow him in real life. Although "government agencies are seeking to reimpose the regime of the broadcast era in which the customers of technology will be deprived of the power to create and left only with the power to consume", it has not happened. Many fansites are inhabited by die hard fans who would probably do anything for the celebrities the site was made for. It can be discussed how this power can and should be used a lot more in healthy ways before it is restricted as Rheingold predicts.

Blog Post 2 9/13

The aye karpinska poem, "the arrival of the beebox" is very confusing. No matter how hard I try to piece it together, I can not seem to find an order. When I first read the poem, I clicked on every cluster of words, to reveal a phrase for each. Then I spun the image around, only to see that it could only be read from the front. I tried to find sense in it by reading all the phrases in the first "box". Together they read, "It is never empty between the lines - that is a pile of future - this is a collection of moments gone by - with its funny collision of personalities - the arrival of the beeBox - trembling contours of the swarm - in the stuttered flow of uneven rhythm - hear the vigor of shout that explodes". To me it sounds like contradicting phrases put together in an effort to sound deep and artistic. It is also possible that it is a description of something with so many contradicting qualities. At first it gives me a nostalgic feel, reminding me of a time where we remember the past and look forward to the "future"; highschool. In highschool there was always a "funny collision of personalities" and plenty awkward moments which cab be described as a "stuttered flow of uneven rhythm".

But then there are the words "bee" and "swarm" that make me think she is actually talking about a bee hive. A beehive where bees are constantly going back and forth, working, make it impossible to be "empty between the lines". And the "vigor of shout that explodes" could be the constant buzzing, especially when they are together.

What I liked most about this poem was its interactive aspect. I like being able to show and hide which ever parts of the poem that I desired. The poet probably utilized this technique to make the reader have to use their imagination to work even harder to find the meaning.

Link Post 3

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/04/international-dadaism-mon_n_818584.html#s235232

This post is about International Dadaism Month. I was shocked to find a whole month for international celebration of this era. This article talks about how people celebrate around the world.

Blog Post 3

Digital literature that demonstrates the influence of dadaism is the poem "This is not a Poem" by Alan Bigelow. Dada is defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary as " a movement in art and literature based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditional artistic values". This poem is a digital version of a poem entitled "Trees". Firs it is deliberately irrational in that the title contradicts what the reader sees. Clearly this is is some type of poem. It is possible that the writer does not consider it a poem, due to its simplicity, however; many consider it a poem. The poem is shown on a disk with paper clips in the background. When the reader presses play the disk spins and a robotic voice reads the poem. As the reader rolls their mouse over the words of the poem, those words fly off the screen. The reader starts to read the poem from the beginning, omitting the words that have flown off the screen. This is not common in most poems, thus it is a "negation of traditional artistic values". Traditionally the poem is just there and the reader does not get to choose which words are omitted, or able to alter the poem at all.

In class we identified surrealism as a form of art that "rejects the idea that one can convey reality by trying to 'represent' it accurately in pictures or words". Although there probably is a message behind the ability to remove words, words are more than half of this artwork. The message is not as deep as other surrealist poems were of its era. The poem does not consider the poem "Trees" a real poem, not much dissection of this literature is required to find this message.

http://www.webyarns.com/ThisIsNotAPoem.html

Link Post 2

http://teachersnetwork.org/grantwinners/Teachnet09_ConstanceKelly.htm

The above link connects to a page that discusses a grant for teachers in new york to have 3rd grade students learn how to make their own digital poetry. It shows how digital literature is being adapted more and more into everyday curriculum.