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2. Tell us your favorite quote or chapter or idea from Levinson and explain it.
My favorite quote and idea from the Levinson book comes from the Facebook chapter. I chose this chapter because it’s the social media network I stay connected to constantly and post multiple times a week if not daily. On page 13 paragraph 3 Levinson states, “Community is about human relationships--a group of people becomes a community when its members have some common, enduring connection. The two most profound kinds of connection in human life are family and friendship.” I really like this quote because it concludes that community is not face-to-face interaction anymore, but has moved into a digital spectrum. A community does not have to be small or close by anymore. Because of Facebook a person can be a part of a community two states away, or even in a variety of communities for different hobbies a person takes on. It also established better relationships between friends and family members who live a part and see each other maybe once or twice a year. The definition of community now has a digital side and it’s considerably positive.
"We come from a tradition in which knowledge has to be vouched for, authorized, and approved by experts before it is allowed to reach us." None of the articles on wikipedia were written by appointed experts. Almost anyone can write and edit entries to Wikipedia. It is a website where you can easily find any and all information whether it be true or not.
2. I picked up this sentence from chapter 5, p. 72, “Wikipedia becomes perilously close to the organizing structure of the front page of The New York Times”. Even though the New York Times is known one of the biggest newspapers all over the world, Wikipedia is now one of the factors to threaten that newspaper. Thanks to the democracy, many Internet users can say everything on the Internet nowadays. People can write and edit everything on the Wikipedia, and many readers are using this service to look for something. Wikipedia is now very familiar to us. We can learn information from Wikipedia not the newspaper or other reliable sources. Of course, as we know, information on the Wikipedia is unreliable. So, we need to be careful when we use this site. The quote that I chose reminds me of warning the necessity of the media literacy.
I pick the Facebook chapter only because I feel like I am on it all the time. I think I need to attend a Facebook Anonomous meeting. Even though I have some friends on facebook that I only went to school with but don't know on a "Friend" level, they are my community according to Levinson. Some of us have a common connection with us having kids the same age. I connected with an old school mate because we have kids one day apart and now we are best friends. Then I have my softball community which most of them I am friends with are 3 states away because we all played ball together on a traveling team and we are really close.
My favorite chapter was probably the YouTube Chapters, YouTube being the medium that I try to use the most outside of Facebook already ends up on my top list in preference. It gave me a new perspective on my actions on you tube and beckoned me to look beyond face value at what I was submitting my videos to. I now look at you tube as more of a financial opportunity if one of my videos goes viral or gets found by a prospective producer
I picked the Facebook chapter because it is the only social media site that I am active on. In regards to the community aspect, about 70% of the people on my friend's list are people I served in the military with. Of those, I would say I communicate with about 50% of them on a regular basis, and the other 50% I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I spoke with them. The other 30% is roughly divided between coworkers, fellow students, and family. Also, the communities that I am a member of on Facebook are a reflection of my friend's list: military communities, academic communities, and a community dedicated to the Rottweiler.
I got a 10 out of 10! I liked the Facebook and Twitter chapters. I use these sites everyday without giving it a second thought so reading these chapters and taking a closer look at the social media sites was eye opening. I learned a lot about the media that I use everyday, and acquired a new perspective.
I couldn't pick a favorite chapter. The whole book at times could be dull and a 'dry' read, but it all flowed together and was incredibly insightful about new new media. But if I had to chose one, I would have to pick the YouTube chapter. I use YouTube just as often if not more then Facebook. With YouTube, anyone can post a video and it becomes viral overnight. I like to think of YouTube users as stars in the making because anyone can post their video and anyone can become famous over night
I'm not sure if I should be proud or ashamed. My favorite chapters were also the Facebook chapter. It brought back memories of when I was very active on Facebook. Even though I don't consider myself an active Facebook user, I still check my feed several times a day. I consider my self a more avid user on Twitter because I actually post more than once or twice a month.
My favorite chapter would be the one on Youtube. I'm an active user of Youtube, using it since its creation in 2005. It's interesting to read an analytical perspective about something I've been using for years for a variety of reason. I particularly liked the section about Youtube possibly putting iTunes out of business. Youtube is my primary source for music as I can find nearly anything I want on it for free and without ads (Thanks adblockers). While I highly doubt that iTunes would be put out of business by Youtube, the comparison between the two as "new" and "new new" was interesting.
Those who know me know that Twitter was my favorite chapter. One interesting fact is that when analyzed, Marshall McLuhan's books were set up in a way that typical blog posts would be in the current day and that some of his titles would be far more meaningful tweets than most today. My favorite quote was:
"How did Marshall McLuhan manage to see the digital age?....It was rather that McLuhan's mind worked in a way that our digital age, and new new media in particular, have captured and projected our screens and lives. If new new media express how human beings always wanted to communicate, all along, but could not, because our ancestors and parents lacked the technological sophistication, then McLuhan understood and was in touch with this way of communicating, decades before it came to be" (p. 39).
McLuhan had a modern mind but in an era 50-60 years ago.
my favorite chapter was about Youtube. Especially when McLuhan discusses Viral Videos gone wrong. My generation bore the tool of youtube. I think it is unbelievable that my generation got to see something even more significant than the domestic use of the television back in the day. Youtube virtually has unlimited videos ranging from anything to even more things. "But Youtube is nonetheless open to the question: Did the culture it created, in which anyone can be a star given the right viral video, provide too easy an invitation to mentally unbalanced or ethically vacant people?" It becomes a playground to a whole new level of bullying. Levinson says on page 53; "the new device rarely creates the appetite for the evil deed".
I got 6/10, surprising because I guessed on a lot of them. Not much of a social media whiz.
My favorite quote by Levinson is: "“ ... what I call the “first love syndrome,” found not only in what we most like in online systems but in movies, television shows, and novels.The principle is that we most love what we first experience.”
I think this speaks true to so many aspects of life, not just in our entertainment choices. We love what we feel comfortable with.
My favorite chapter was about Wikipedia. Most college students are guilty using Wikipedia from one time or another to find out quick and easy information for papers and projects. However, even though the information may seem sound, a reader can never be certain because, "Almost anyone can write and edit entries on Wikipedia..." (Levinson, 66). It was also interesting to discover that because nearly anyone can edit and delete information on Wiki, there may be some important information that a reader may assume is on the site, but it is not.
I got a 6/10 on the quiz, but answering trivia questions has never been my strong point.
Favorite Quote - " But the evolution of new new media is happening so fast that the constellation of the media themselves will change between the time I am writing this second edition of New New Media and the time you are reading it.".
I like this quote because it sums of the continual evolution that media undergoes.
My favorite chapter was on Youtube and my favorite quote was this: "YouTube [...] has robbed death of some of its meaning--at least insofar as it pertains to popular culture. The end of the line for audiovisual popular culture has become immortality on YouTube."
I agree wholeheartedly with this because I've seen it first hand. Videos of friends that have passed, artists I wouldn't have otherwise been able to see, and musicians that have long since passed on are at my fingertips. They have become immortal through internet video.
My favorite chapter was on Youtube and my favorite quote from the chapter was "Resistance to authorities, whether in government or media, has never been easier in our age of Youtube and new new media." The context of this statement was about how no one government monitors Youtube and how this form of social media has been highly useful in situations where people have protested authority. Levinson also refers to Youtube as an "information liberator" referring to users' ability to access information about other countries or their own country that they wouldn't normally be able to access from mainstream media.
1. I scored 3 out of 10, not the best score in the world. 2. "On Wikipedia, a battle is waged constantly between two kinds of reader/editors, who are both trying to make the online encyclopedia the best it can be." I like Levinson's chapter on Wikipedia heroes. I enjoy the fact that there are enough people who care about getting the facts out there and getting them out there correctly, I also enjoy the occasional humorous Wiki post. I think that Wikipedia is shaping our culture whether we like it our not and it is important to embrace it in order to teach generations to come how to properly use it.
I got 7/10 correct.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quote and idea from the Levinson book comes from the Facebook chapter. I chose this chapter because it’s the social media network I stay connected to constantly and post multiple times a week if not daily. On page 13 paragraph 3 Levinson states, “Community is about human relationships--a group of people becomes a community when its members have some common, enduring connection. The two most profound kinds of connection in human life are family and friendship.” I really like this quote because it concludes that community is not face-to-face interaction anymore, but has moved into a digital spectrum. A community does not have to be small or close by anymore. Because of Facebook a person can be a part of a community two states away, or even in a variety of communities for different hobbies a person takes on. It also established better relationships between friends and family members who live a part and see each other maybe once or twice a year. The definition of community now has a digital side and it’s considerably positive.
Nice!
ReplyDelete5/10 Correct
ReplyDeleteWikipedia: Chapter 5
"We come from a tradition in which knowledge has to be vouched for, authorized, and approved by experts before it is allowed to reach us." None of the articles on wikipedia were written by appointed experts. Almost anyone can write and edit entries to Wikipedia. It is a website where you can easily find any and all information whether it be true or not.
1. I got 8 out of 10.
ReplyDelete2. I picked up this sentence from chapter 5, p. 72, “Wikipedia becomes perilously close to the organizing structure of the front page of The New York Times”. Even though the New York Times is known one of the biggest newspapers all over the world, Wikipedia is now one of the factors to threaten that newspaper. Thanks to the democracy, many Internet users can say everything on the Internet nowadays. People can write and edit everything on the Wikipedia, and many readers are using this service to look for something. Wikipedia is now very familiar to us. We can learn information from Wikipedia not the newspaper or other reliable sources. Of course, as we know, information on the Wikipedia is unreliable. So, we need to be careful when we use this site. The quote that I chose reminds me of warning the necessity of the media literacy.
I got 5/10
ReplyDeleteI pick the Facebook chapter only because I feel like I am on it all the time. I think I need to attend a Facebook Anonomous meeting. Even though I have some friends on facebook that I only went to school with but don't know on a "Friend" level, they are my community according to Levinson. Some of us have a common connection with us having kids the same age. I connected with an old school mate because we have kids one day apart and now we are best friends. Then I have my softball community which most of them I am friends with are 3 states away because we all played ball together on a traveling team and we are really close.
I got 4/10 again
ReplyDeleteMy favorite chapter was probably the YouTube Chapters, YouTube being the medium that I try to use the most outside of Facebook already ends up on my top list in preference. It gave me a new perspective on my actions on you tube and beckoned me to look beyond face value at what I was submitting my videos to. I now look at you tube as more of a financial opportunity if one of my videos goes viral or gets found by a prospective producer
Tell us how Levinson relates it.
DeleteI got 3/10
ReplyDeleteI picked the Facebook chapter because it is the only social media site that I am active on. In regards to the community aspect, about 70% of the people on my friend's list are people I served in the military with. Of those, I would say I communicate with about 50% of them on a regular basis, and the other 50% I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I spoke with them. The other 30% is roughly divided between coworkers, fellow students, and family. Also, the communities that I am a member of on Facebook are a reflection of my friend's list: military communities, academic communities, and a community dedicated to the Rottweiler.
explain the connection from levinson.
DeleteI got a 10 out of 10!
ReplyDeleteI liked the Facebook and Twitter chapters. I use these sites everyday without giving it a second thought so reading these chapters and taking a closer look at the social media sites was eye opening. I learned a lot about the media that I use everyday, and acquired a new perspective.
5/10
ReplyDeleteI couldn't pick a favorite chapter. The whole book at times could be dull and a 'dry' read, but it all flowed together and was incredibly insightful about new new media. But if I had to chose one, I would have to pick the YouTube chapter. I use YouTube just as often if not more then Facebook. With YouTube, anyone can post a video and it becomes viral overnight. I like to think of YouTube users as stars in the making because anyone can post their video and anyone can become famous over night
9/10
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I should be proud or ashamed. My favorite chapters were also the Facebook chapter. It brought back memories of when I was very active on Facebook. Even though I don't consider myself an active Facebook user, I still check my feed several times a day. I consider my self a more avid user on Twitter because I actually post more than once or twice a month.
9/10
ReplyDeleteMy favorite chapter would be the one on Youtube. I'm an active user of Youtube, using it since its creation in 2005. It's interesting to read an analytical perspective about something I've been using for years for a variety of reason. I particularly liked the section about Youtube possibly putting iTunes out of business. Youtube is my primary source for music as I can find nearly anything I want on it for free and without ads (Thanks adblockers). While I highly doubt that iTunes would be put out of business by Youtube, the comparison between the two as "new" and "new new" was interesting.
Also, I admit I'm not a fan of Apple. Oops.
9/10
ReplyDeleteThose who know me know that Twitter was my favorite chapter. One interesting fact is that when analyzed, Marshall McLuhan's books were set up in a way that typical blog posts would be in the current day and that some of his titles would be far more meaningful tweets than most today. My favorite quote was:
"How did Marshall McLuhan manage to see the digital age?....It was rather that McLuhan's mind worked in a way that our digital age, and new new media in particular, have captured and projected our screens and lives. If new new media express how human beings always wanted to communicate, all along, but could not, because our ancestors and parents lacked the technological sophistication, then McLuhan understood and was in touch with this way of communicating, decades before it came to be" (p. 39).
McLuhan had a modern mind but in an era 50-60 years ago.
6/10 i'm a social retard. :/
ReplyDeletemy favorite chapter was about Youtube. Especially when McLuhan discusses Viral Videos gone wrong. My generation bore the tool of youtube. I think it is unbelievable that my generation got to see something even more significant than the domestic use of the television back in the day. Youtube virtually has unlimited videos ranging from anything to even more things. "But Youtube is nonetheless open to the question: Did the culture it created, in which anyone can be a star given the right viral video, provide too easy an invitation to mentally unbalanced or ethically vacant people?" It becomes a playground to a whole new level of bullying. Levinson says on page 53; "the new device rarely creates the appetite for the evil deed".
I got 6/10, surprising because I guessed on a lot of them. Not much of a social media whiz.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quote by Levinson is:
"“ ... what I call the “first love syndrome,” found not only in what we most like in online systems but in movies, television shows, and novels.The principle is that we most love what we first experience.”
I think this speaks true to so many aspects of life, not just in our entertainment choices. We love what we feel comfortable with.
10/10 :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite chapter was about Wikipedia. Most college students are guilty using Wikipedia from one time or another to find out quick and easy information for papers and projects. However, even though the information may seem sound, a reader can never be certain because, "Almost anyone can write and edit entries on Wikipedia..." (Levinson, 66). It was also interesting to discover that because nearly anyone can edit and delete information on Wiki, there may be some important information that a reader may assume is on the site, but it is not.
I got a 6/10 on the quiz, but answering trivia questions has never been my strong point.
ReplyDeleteFavorite Quote - " But the evolution of new new media is happening so fast that the constellation of the media themselves will change between the time I am writing this second edition of New New Media and the time you are reading it.".
I like this quote because it sums of the continual evolution that media undergoes.
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ReplyDelete10/10 on the quiz.
My favorite chapter was on Youtube and my favorite quote was this:
"YouTube [...] has robbed death of some of its meaning--at least insofar as it pertains to popular culture. The end of the line for audiovisual popular culture has become immortality on YouTube."
I agree wholeheartedly with this because I've seen it first hand. Videos of friends that have passed, artists I wouldn't have otherwise been able to see, and musicians that have long since passed on are at my fingertips. They have become immortal through internet video.
Youtube= immortality
Delete7/10 on quiz
ReplyDeleteMy favorite chapter was on Youtube and my favorite quote from the chapter was "Resistance to authorities, whether in government or media, has never been easier in our age of Youtube and new new media." The context of this statement was about how no one government monitors Youtube and how this form of social media has been highly useful in situations where people have protested authority. Levinson also refers to Youtube as an "information liberator" referring to users' ability to access information about other countries or their own country that they wouldn't normally be able to access from mainstream media.
1. I scored 3 out of 10, not the best score in the world.
ReplyDelete2. "On Wikipedia, a battle is waged constantly between two kinds of reader/editors, who are both trying to make the online encyclopedia the best it can be." I like Levinson's chapter on Wikipedia heroes. I enjoy the fact that there are enough people who care about getting the facts out there and getting them out there correctly, I also enjoy the occasional humorous Wiki post. I think that Wikipedia is shaping our culture whether we like it our not and it is important to embrace it in order to teach generations to come how to properly use it.