Thursday, March 27, 2008

I am working with Whitney Rhodes on my project. We havent agreed on a topic, but Im hoping in involves the Center for American Progress Action Fund. I want to be able to upload my pictures of Robert Greenswald, and promote the efforts for the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

Friday, March 14, 2008


SavetheInternet.com
The Web seemed to the peoples tool to fight Media Consolidation and its attack on Americandemocracy, but conglomerates have gotten ahold of the Web and our freedom of speech is once again under attack! Stand up Fight! Revise the Telecommunications Act of 1996!

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

My exploration in finding Narrative

I had a rough time reading the sample chapter from Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature--because it wasnt Ergodic. The text was to small there werent any links--understandably since it was written in 1997--and hypertext writing was at the beginning of its evolution, but Ergodic it wasnt, and that is what I expect when I read online.
When I read online I want to take on an active role as a reader, I want to be a user who constructs the reading. All this text required me to do is scroll down and strain my eyes. Give me the book! I expect this in a book, but to promote great ideas in the hypertext world give readers what they expect! But, I must give credit where credit is due: Aarseth bridges the divide between paper texts and electronic texts, and examines literary theories of narrative to discover the implications of applying these theories in the hypertext realm for which they were not intended. Can computer games be great literature I think so--and so does Aarseth--well we are on the same path!

What is Narrative? Well, a Poynteronline discussion offers a great roundtable on defining narrative.
Simply put narrative is telling a story, but in my opinion the audience has to be considered for the medium you use to tell your story, and as the storyteller give your audience what they expect from that medium.

Mark Kramer Founding Director, Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism puts the rules of a narrative quite simply: "At a minimum, narrative denotes writing with (A) set scenes, (B) characters, (C) action that unfolds over time, (D) the interpretable voice of a teller — a narrator with a somewhat discernable personality — and (E) some sense of relationship to the reader, viewer or listener, which, all arrayed, (F) lead the audience toward a point, realization or destination."

Well, Twelve Blue gives me the narrative I expect as an online reader and so does Breakdown Happens Reading Joyce's "Twelve Blue" I am a user in control of where I go; I am clicking away on a path to discover the narrative; I am constructing what I read--and seemingly almost by accident I stay there longer for I am eagerly involved. I get angry at times while reading Twelve Blue: I get to an ending where I am not satisfied with the outcome, I try to start over and end up in a different story rather than one I expected, or a link takes me to a picture rather than a plot. But, overall I am getting what I expect from an online narrative, and Im satisfied with the experience. I'd love to replicate the format of Twelve Bluewith non-fiction and avoid big fluffy words--I'd love just to edit right out of Twelve Blue!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Remix the Remix Project

I want to focus on Media Consolidation for my project, but I'm not sure I may use it as a tool to learn to use a new digital tool. I want to eventually build a website that is dedicated to Media Consolidation: How it evolved, what are the dangers media consolidation brings to a democracy. How can the United States fix it. What does the abolishment of Fairness Doctrine add to Media Consolidation that causes more problems.

Lincensing Terms




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This is a Photo in Public Domain that I obtained from Flickr.como


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Public Domain


Open Source Book Hmm! Can the internet change book publishing? Open Source Books are available in the Public Domain and are free over the internet, and discusses what they have to tell us about whether the open-source software model can change book publishing?
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THE GOAL OF MY REMIX PROJECT

You will also need to write a short (3-4 paragraph) explanation of your remix: sources, techniques, purpose.
The grade on this assignment will be based mainly on the presentation and organization of the material.


I compiled my Remix Project with the aid of Internet Archive which builds a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form-- free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. My remix project can be found on my website under the link intitled Public Domain

I used the Internet Archive to find pictures of the casualties, and dead civilians in Iraq. I pulled these pictures into Final Cut Pro to create a slide show, after obtaining a YouTube account in order to use their server space not mine. I also uploaded an NPR newscast that would play in the background; This newscast discusses the total chaos that is alive and well in Iraq.

The purpose: I want people to get out of their tiny bubbles that they call life; a self centered spiral that involves not getting involved in being an American Citizen. "Hey, let the government do their job. I dont have to pay attention. I'm going to the bar tonite. Who cares if we are in a war our govt. will fix it! I'm angry at the American People for settling for Probaganda as news, and stifled copyright laws that doesnt allow us to take action and build upon good ideas to create great ideas. I want to see the American people get off their lazy ass's and wake up! Nazi Germany didnt happen over night; it happened because people allowed themselves to be blinded through probaganda.