For Media Technology and Cultural Change
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2010
….What is it? I just read these two articles: http://adage.com/digiconf10/article?article_id=143301 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303695604575181163126094200.html I understand that they are finally going to try to turn a profit, but I’m unsure about their approach to advertising. It seems like they are trying to catch up to Google as a search engine. What will a sponsored tweet look like? Will […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2010
A prospective student walked in while we were “studying” Beatles Rock Band in class today…this struck us all as ironic–how can something so fun be “academic?” I’ve watched Project Runway in a sociology class, read magazines in another Film and Media course, and attended screenings of the Simpson’s, Seinfeld, and the Hills. My friends make […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 7th, 2010
Not into second life. Nothing about it makes sense to me…why do I want to be in these virtual worlds alone? I don’t find the “escapism” that it offers very relieving, rather, it just feels weird. I was approached by two guys at one point and wasn’t sure what to do, whether they were real, […]
