I have started to research and prepare for it. I have been going through my lecture notes and reading the infomation on the forums. I have also gone through and quoted Lister etc While i was reading up on the topic i found that i could relate the theory to Mspace. I wanted to do the assessment on Myspace originally, but had decided not to because I thought everyone would have the same idea. I have now decided that for me it would be easier to analyse myspace as i found i could relate theory and understanding to it, plus (I am ashamed to admit) i am a keen user and do use the site for many reasons. So would be able to bring my own experiences to help critique and analyse the site.
Now i have done the research, It is time I started to write it......
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Eating my words!
It’s fair to say that I can eat my words and am enjoying it. Not only do I sign on to check my emails, myspace and facebook accounts but I now sign on to see if people have commented my blog and what others think about the forums topics! So I guess working and communicating online can be a positive thing and people can feel part of a community! I am seriously shocked that I feel like this because how can communicating online make people feel like they belong in a community? Fair enough I realise that actually living and working in a community is A LOT different than signing online and working online in the virtual community, but nether-the-less I feel a sense of belonging in the forums and have proved myself wrong! People can feel a sense that they belong to a community online!
Behind the times maybe????
I do think it’s funny how blogs are a new media form of communication and Microsoft Word do not accept the word ‘blog’ as a standard English word? Maybe the internets new communication forms are not being accepted into society that quickly then?!?!?
Comments on the reading
While reading Lister et all (p168) I thought the two contradictory views were very interesting about living online.
1) That it is a retreat form, an alternative to social reality (p168)
2) That online is not an alternative but its part of an already existing society.
I think that both points can be accepted because yes online is a society, it has many conventions of an existing society. People interact and as mentioned in a previous blog people even ‘live’ online. I can also agree that online is a retreat from social reality because personally I use the net for pleasure and to either procrastinate from work or to have a break from it! (Dam Myspace and Facebook!)
Andrea Baker (98) studied couples who met online and found that there relationships are exactly like ones where people have met in real life. I think this just proves there is a blurring of lines between the real and the virtual!
1) That it is a retreat form, an alternative to social reality (p168)
2) That online is not an alternative but its part of an already existing society.
I think that both points can be accepted because yes online is a society, it has many conventions of an existing society. People interact and as mentioned in a previous blog people even ‘live’ online. I can also agree that online is a retreat from social reality because personally I use the net for pleasure and to either procrastinate from work or to have a break from it! (Dam Myspace and Facebook!)
Andrea Baker (98) studied couples who met online and found that there relationships are exactly like ones where people have met in real life. I think this just proves there is a blurring of lines between the real and the virtual!
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Feedback
I am catching up with all my tasks and am posting them in the forums and on my blog but I am not sure if what i am doing is correct?
I am not sure if I am writting enough, or to much or too little? And if what I am saying is relevent and will help me pass the unit. I am just a little concerned that I am not doing things right and may fail.
When we had seminars last term we were never marked on what we done in the seminars, it was just an oppertunity to learn and sort out any questions from lecturers. So I am really confused to how we get marked by doing these blogs and tasks.
Would it be possible to get feedback? I think \I will post this on the forum as-well? I would rather question this module and ask for some feedback, than continue and then fail.
I am not sure if I am writting enough, or to much or too little? And if what I am saying is relevent and will help me pass the unit. I am just a little concerned that I am not doing things right and may fail.
When we had seminars last term we were never marked on what we done in the seminars, it was just an oppertunity to learn and sort out any questions from lecturers. So I am really confused to how we get marked by doing these blogs and tasks.
Would it be possible to get feedback? I think \I will post this on the forum as-well? I would rather question this module and ask for some feedback, than continue and then fail.
Views on Week 1's tasks
From finally sorting out all my notes and readings, I have finally managed to add more to week 1’s task. I decided to set up a new blog for the tasks so it’s easier for me to know what I have done and what I haven’t. Plus it is an easier way to look up notes for writing this web analysis. I thought that weeks 1 tasks was a mixture but I particuallary enjoyed reading about Lister et al’s views on identity and I was able to link it to another theorist – Baudrilliard. I like it when things link between subjects.
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
(cont. from previous post) P.S I DO NOT AGREE WITH...
P.S I do not like the fact that for the next four weeks our lectures are online aswell! One of my previous blogs describes how people are getting lazy by online shopping etc well I thihk that this online lecture buisness is lectureres being lazy! I am finding it hard enough to learn anything by these online seminar-task-forum things! hense why i am struggling to complete them. So for lectures to be online i am not impressed! I think we should have been told about this online stuff before the course began or given the option to do it like this or not! Maybe it's just me thinking this but i am not impressed at all! I am not learning anything substancial by this online stuff.
Why can't we go back to good old fashion pen and paper and learning the course content by actually participating in reality and sitting in a seminar?!?!?
Why can't we go back to good old fashion pen and paper and learning the course content by actually participating in reality and sitting in a seminar?!?!?
Thoughts about lecture!
If "Lessig" feels that if you take a copy (not the original) of something from the net, then that is fine. If only the Law agreed with that! I never actually thought about that aspect before, that some people may agree with downloading etc I think Lessig is a nice person and not a money grabbin' kinda guy! Whereas production companies etc are out to gain money, so free downloading does not go down well.
Also from the lecture, when talking about representative and our society being represented by politicians and the internet is not governed by such thing. I thought that maybe the net is? The whole net is obvioulsy not governed as it is to vast, but there was a programme on TV a couple weeks ago about people who are employed (by government i think) who 'surf' the net looking for internet fraud people (not quite got the English right here!) and people who abuse the fact that there is freedom of speach etc on the net. It was interesting to watch because these people are employed by the government, so therefor the government still (try to) have control over the net.
Internet sites like myspace and facebook are also govened, by the owners. If (on Myspace) you see a picture of video that offends you then there is a direct link where you can complain and get it removed.
I have never heard of the 'Copy-Left' principle until the lecture but I really like the idea! I think that it's society being nice for once! It is a nice thing to do. I am not sure why us University students are not alloud to use Wiki-pedia (or not meant to!) then? Is it because it is Copy-left or because of where the content is from? Anyway I like the idea that you can use the material aslong as whatever you do with the material, others are able to use it and so on! I really do think it's society being nice-because I can't see how they make money from it? Or do people pay to put there ideas on there? Not sure. Does anyone know any other sites that use the copy-left principle?
But anyway I liked todays lecture and i got a lot out of it! I think it has helped with the website analysis a lot! :)
Also from the lecture, when talking about representative and our society being represented by politicians and the internet is not governed by such thing. I thought that maybe the net is? The whole net is obvioulsy not governed as it is to vast, but there was a programme on TV a couple weeks ago about people who are employed (by government i think) who 'surf' the net looking for internet fraud people (not quite got the English right here!) and people who abuse the fact that there is freedom of speach etc on the net. It was interesting to watch because these people are employed by the government, so therefor the government still (try to) have control over the net.
Internet sites like myspace and facebook are also govened, by the owners. If (on Myspace) you see a picture of video that offends you then there is a direct link where you can complain and get it removed.
I have never heard of the 'Copy-Left' principle until the lecture but I really like the idea! I think that it's society being nice for once! It is a nice thing to do. I am not sure why us University students are not alloud to use Wiki-pedia (or not meant to!) then? Is it because it is Copy-left or because of where the content is from? Anyway I like the idea that you can use the material aslong as whatever you do with the material, others are able to use it and so on! I really do think it's society being nice-because I can't see how they make money from it? Or do people pay to put there ideas on there? Not sure. Does anyone know any other sites that use the copy-left principle?
But anyway I liked todays lecture and i got a lot out of it! I think it has helped with the website analysis a lot! :)
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Actually got passionate about a part of this unit!
Is it just me, but I think this web site about living online etc should not exist. Sounds harsh I know but surely it is not healthy?! I mean, people should have social skills, learnt and improved while at school. So not to be able to interact with others through personal choice (I understand there are exceptions with some illnesses and diagnosed mental issues) is lazy. Again I know that mental conditions exist etc but surely if someone just does not want to go outside and experience social interaction face to face then they should need help (medical) not hide away and not face there fear. I just think that in today’s society people are becoming lazy and in result social interaction is being lost and becoming more mediated. For example instead of people leaving their house and going shopping and experiencing the conventions of shopping (checkouts, kids crying, ques etc etc) people just sit at the computer and order online. Someone else chooses the loose potatoes and the bread! But in today’s busy society I know this is easier. People are not experiencing things anymore because of technology, just like the defacing of communication due to technology! I think this is a shame. Back to this living online site, I think it’s a shame.
The above comment I posted for the week three task. While i was thinking about it i got really passionate about it. I am not liking the online unit and so far i have not got passionate about something because online i feel you cant get a good discussion going. But i found this topic interesting!
The above comment I posted for the week three task. While i was thinking about it i got really passionate about it. I am not liking the online unit and so far i have not got passionate about something because online i feel you cant get a good discussion going. But i found this topic interesting!
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