Group Identity Experience

My Group Identity Project experience was pretty smooth. Not everyone contributed equally, but it worked out. The dating profile on Britney Spears ended up being humorous, but not too mean. It's hard to not make fun of Britney and things that have happened over her life, that is followed by the paparazzi basically everyday. She doesn't seem to be a mean-spirited person, she has just never really been in control of her own life and isn't terribly smart. We modeled the profile off of a normal dating-site profile. The exact one I used as a template was one of an overweight man in his sixties. I obviously changed a whole lot and tried to be funny, while sticking to the source material. I would do it again.

Online Identity Performance

I'm not totally clear on what's required of the Online Identity Performance. I suppose I would like to do it on a subject that is close to my heart. I would like to include current-day American poverty in my discussion, no matter what the subject ends up being. Perhaps it might have something to do with independent film or views/lack-of-views of poverty in the mainstream. The modes I would use might be a blog or a video or just a normal paper. I really enjoy making videos so I'd like to do that, but I'm not sure If I'll have enough time to do an entire video over the next two weeks. I might include statistics and examples of the subject in pop culture/media. Video clips would ideally be included.

Hearing things

What can I do with a story in sound that I can’t in print? You can give your characters voices which helps define them and can completely change the way something is meant. Voice establishes emotion and character, in the story and in manipulating your audience's emotions. You can also allude to things in simple ways with sound. For instance if you hear a 'booing' sound you associate it with unpopularity. You can also establish atmosphere and setting.
How does sound limit? Well, if you're talking about sound alone, it lacks a visual component. Visuals help us judge and they help us distinguish in all the ways sound does. One uses sight and the other hearing to tell a tale and stimulate the audience. And print helps us paint a picture of what we are hearing.
What does sound ask of “readers”? It asks a so-called "reader" to listen and make sense of what they're listening to.

Podcast Ideas

I really want my podcast to be interesting, but I can't decide on what it should be about. I really can't decide. I'm thinking of just telling a story about possibly an injury I sustained or something traumatic, but entertaining that has happened to me. However, when I try to think of an example I come up blank. It's annoying because I know there are plenty of examples, I just can't think of them when I need to. Hmm, maybe I'll just talk about a collection of short, random stories from various times in my life. 3-5 minutes is a tough length to work with because once I get started I might have trouble wrapping it up.

Abled by tech

I'm abled by technology in several ways. I am able to find resources easier than I normally would. Search engines help with that, in addition to giving access to quick answers. If I want to know what something looks like I can simply type it into google images. Not everything displayed will be what I want but you can figure it out by being assisted by definitions and answers from other users. The internet is an endless resource. I am also able to stay in touch with people through social networking and I can even help make a name for myself. I could probably be an internet celebrity if I wanted. I might try being funny or just really annoying and outragous.

Dollhouse blog

The Dollhouse clip today, in relation to our relationship to technology, shows that television knows how to market stylish science fiction. The images of women at certain times do sexualize them. Technology is portrayed as scary because of its future 'mind-erasing abilities' in Dollhouse. It is partially used as a dating service. It also seems to have many violent fight scenes, characters, and one-liners straight out of a Schwarzenegger movie.

Online Gender Roles

Speaking about "Men are from Video Games, Women are from Social Networks," I don't really trust the statement that women are at the forefront of social media. First off, the article has numerous grammatical errors. It uses 'then' rather than 'than' in the first few sentences. More to the point, social media is hugely male in many ways. Forums are made up of mostly men. Angry, horny, illiterate men litter forums and post nonstop from what I have seen, and I've seen quite a bit. Also, men created sites such as Facebook. I do know that women use social media more and more everyday, but I don't believe for an instant that it is much more female than male.