Second Life.

The avatar I made for second life looks nothing like me I think. I was not trying to make it look like me either. Also it is not what I fantasize about looking like. I can't really even explain why I made my avatar look the way she does. Second life has been fun I think I might go on it even after the class. It has been a weird experience but Im glad the class had to do it.

Aunt Mary

First off I do have a Aunt Mary and she is very close to me. So she will be the one I'm writing to.

Dear, Aunt Mary

I am glad you have become intrested in Social Networking. Social Networking is when people communticate over the internet. Some of the sites used for social networking are Facebook and Myspace, so when you say Myface there really are two different sites and your just combining the names. When were talking about Myspace alot of different age groups use it. Their site has layouts which are backgrounds for your page. Then it has top friends and you can even put your favorite songs on your page. Myspace was orginally used for bands but it has changed. Facebook is more for High school and college students to communicate with one another. Facebook has a wall and thats where you leave your comments and Myspace has a comment part on their site. I would have to refer you to Myspace you would like it more and find more friends on their. I would be glad to help you set your page up and you can add me to your friends. We can also make you a Facebook both are fun and anyone can use them. On both sites you can upload pictures and you can comment on other peoples pictures. But of course I will help you. I hope my explanation has helped you decide if you want a Myspace or Facebook and I hope it helped you understand social networking.

Love ,
Your Niece Heather

Speedy Gonzales

The first thing I want to say is "wow".The are controversies over the little stuff and things that are actually pointless. The one that caught my attention was the one about Speedy Gonzales. A simple cartoon character can cause a dissusion. It was kind of intersting how his last name was such a big deal. In the article they say that his name is spelled wrong. They say the way that they spell is name now is portuguese, and that it should be spelled the Mexican way. They also go on to argue about his accent, whether it is streotypic or not. When it comes to changing the article content I think it's fine the way it is. When it comes to reliability on wiki it does affect anything because when anyone can edit something there is bound to be a controversy.

Television

One of the main concerns people have today with television is that it's harmful. In my household it wasn't a big deal. We never really had any type of restrictions when it came to tv. When we my sister and I were really small my parents just tried to keep us away from graphic stuff. We used it for educational reasons also. A lot of people think it's harmful because of what people watch on the tv, and how it might make you think about something. When it came to our tv we knew what wasn't the ideal thing to watch. When it comes down to my views about tv it can be harmful, but it just depends on the type of person you are. I can watch a graphic, violent movie and be fine but someone else may try to copy something from televison. Also it hurts your brain. There is no thinking in watching tv. I think there should be restrictions when it comes to tv. It should depend on age groups. In all reality tv to me is what you make of it. It can be educational or harmful. It all depends on you.

Defining the News

When I think of news I think of statistics,facts,information and even different opinions and views. I use the news for various things, sometimes for information and even for entertainment. It can help me settle an argument and help me form opinions. I usually watch the news and once in a while I will read a newspaper. When I decided if it's reliable or I not I do consider my source. I want to know where they got their infomation from. Usually I belive the news on t.v. and a fimilar newspaper. I sometimes become suspicious when its from other sources other then the ones I mentioned or when the whole story is based on opinion and the people telling the story seem unsure. Sometimes it can even be hard to belive the news on t.v and paper, and thats because I wasn't there so I don't know if a story is true or not I just have to be able to trust that source. The news in my opinion needs to sick to fact and not be so opinionated and do it to inform people not to pursude us.

Class Wiki

I think that we should have some type of organization and guidelines for the class wiki. We should each be able to choose what topic we want to work on and then someone from the group will edit the wiki. I don't think we should just be placed in a group because someone may not want to talk about a particular topic and be into something else. We should also have guidelines like the neutral point of view. We should all keep it to facts and not put are opinions on there. But lets also have fun with it and disscuss what topics we want on the wiki. Lets just have some type of structure but not be to strict and have fun with our class wiki!

Ads

#1 Our ad parody was a older woman trying to sell bud light beer. We were trying to make fun of the fact that on the majority of beer ads there is a beautiful female on the ad trying to sell the beer. The woman is suppose to attract guys to buy the beer, so we figured instead of a beautiful woman we would put a older woman on the ad. This way guys would see your not going to get a beautiful girl just because you drink bud light.

#2 I learned so much about advertising. I learned that it is hard for these people to try to come up with an ad that will actually sell their product. It was hard just trying to come up with an idea to make fun of something. I also didn't know there were so many steps you needed to take to come up with an ad. I actually had fun with the parody and learned so much from it.