Comments for digital media theory

Comment on The Value of Gossip by epaison

epaison — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:27:45 +0000

I agree with Jenkins as well in that viewership is not necessarily a one way process. The relationship between the producer, the video, and the viewer ia a semiotic one, and the value of intrepretation and reflexivity can be of great value. The one issue I have is that most viewers will be less inclined to view the clips in such an intrepretive and reflexive/semiotic manner as will the members of this course. However, the inclination to use these “shock” images to contrast a normative and acceptable set of morals and ethics, on an unconscious, level is certainly something worth looking at when determining the value of such media.

Comment on Back to Importance of Digital Media Studies by epaison

epaison — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:15:41 +0000

Having grown up in the 1960s and ’70s, I have gone from vinyl records, to 8-track tapes, to cassettes, to CD’s and now MP3 digital files, not to mention black and white television–what’s next? If anything, it has been an interesting, though sometimes expensive ride. I am somewhat of an anomoly in my generation, in that I am embracing, and in some sense attempting to keep up. “Digital Media” is, in my anthropologic perspective, the driving force in the latest phase of globalization, which both the humanities and social sciences should emprace. Thus, I see media studies as having a bright and long future–wherever that future may be!

Comment on Game Life Replicating Real Life by Yoonmi

Yoonmi — Sun, 09 May 2010 04:20:44 +0000

My concern about Sims and Second Life is cultural change in real world. In my opinion, the culture created in Sims and Second Life will affect the culture in real world since Sims and Second Life are replication of real life. If people live in Sims and Second Life get used to living in cyber world and get different set of values from us in real world, their behavior and thinking in real world might mirrored cyber life

Comment on Is the death of the Author overdue? by Yoonmi

Yoonmi — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:46:10 +0000

We are watching now that digital media is changing the culture of authorship too. The expression, “networked book” represents how collaborative nature of publishing is common in these days. We can easily be author or co-author in internet through blogs and online communities. In my opinion, this collaborative nature of publishing will be increased since technology will support this collaboration more and the contents of publishing will include more interdisciplinary work than now.

Comment on Hardware divergence and the digital divide by Edward Lee

Edward Lee — Sat, 08 May 2010 02:55:18 +0000

Even without talking about the digital divide, we as a society are caught in between because of the hardware divergence.

For example, the war between VHS and Beta, and recently, HD-DVD and Bluray claimed a lot of consumer casualties. Sure, you can sit back and wait until one side is the victor but even so, there are going to be some platform cost associated with it. Just today, Warner Bros. is offering to trade up your DVD to Bluray (for a fee).

Bleeding edge sure is sharp!

Comment on Fans’ Creativity vs. The Creators by moriko

moriko — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:14:43 +0000

I think that creators and corporate media feel extremely proprietary about their content because if fans transcend the boundaries and directly appropriate materials, where and how does profit factor in for the creators?

Artists/creators can be as lofty-minded as they wish to be (“it’s all for the art!”), but for producers and networks, if developments don’t directly and immediately translate into money, developments like fan-generated content, are considered”theft”.

Comment on The Social Side of Level Up by moriko

moriko — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:59:08 +0000

I think the worry about youth missing out on social activities is well-intentioned but unnecessary. Those who choose to leave high school early are most likely not invested in the notion of high-school watershed moments to begin with. For example, activities like prom, clubs, or after-school sports were insignificant to me.

Granted, I did feel very alienated when I found myself alone in a sea of 18-20 year olds, but that is why I turned to online forums where my age group flourished to solidify how I identified myself politically, socially, and personally.

Comment on The Monitorial Citizen, Big Media, and The Daily Show by mdimopoulos

mdimopoulos — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:25:24 +0000

I don’t see the 24hr news cycle going away anytime soon for the simple fact that the majority of the consumers gorging themselves on this particular delicacy are doing so to feed their own confirmation bias. The majority of news IS entertainment as Stewart points out and his particular brand of parody illustrates Jenkins argument nicely.

Comment on Level Up by mdimopoulos

mdimopoulos — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:13:57 +0000

I believe any steps taken to further engage students in technology in order to better themselves is beneficial but let’s not forget however that access does not always equal proficient use or understanding. The teachers who refuse to check email and the students who don’t have reliable power (rural) or internet access (poverty) are still out there.

You can give a person a laptop but you can’t make them blog…

Comment on The Social Side of Level Up by mdimopoulos

mdimopoulos — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:00:16 +0000

There is nothing stopping the community engaged through the forum the site provides in offering local chapter meet-ups, ad-hoc sports teams and the like since it was centrally focused on Idaho; accordingly, it might get a little more challenging if it was opened up on the national level.