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Like Mike said if people refuse to keep their knowledge to themselves a remix of ethics would not work. In order to have a successful remix of ethics everyone needs to be open about their knowledge and be willing to share it when needed.
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Affordances of audio/visual media instead of just plain text tend to relate more with the person who is viewing the information. Sound and video helps the person relate more on a personal note than just reading about it. If you think about it if you are reading a book with a sad ending you be sad but if you are watching that on film you are more prone to get really emotional and cry.
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I chose the video “Where Good Ideas Come From” by Steven Johnson. It is a video that shows how ideas come about. It also proves that once you build something you can always go back and make it even better.
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After reading Chapter 5, I feel that I fit into the category of “Those who learn how to manage their boundaries.” I find myself checking Facebook multiple times a day more as a means of just seeing what is going on in everyone else lives. I often think why in the world would people post the things that they do -is it just a call out for pity. Honestly, I myself post very limited stuff and never anything about my personal life. Do people stop and think before they post something as to who all actually sees this information? I try to be very careful about what I share and where I share it. I have stressed the importance of social networks to my teenagers and younger children as to what to share or not share, but I really don’t think they quite get the reasoning of it especially my younger ones. I find my 6 year old looking on my Facebook account on my iPhone daily. She more or less just likes to watch videos and see pictures of people she knows but even just by doing that I often see things that children should not be seeing on Facebook.
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In B2B Chapter 4, I found it interesting how ads are banned and targeted. Ads have a way to relate to certain things that we search for or being products that are related to the things that we have searched for. As with all advertising there has to be a set restriction on what is allowed and what is not allowed for instance on page 145 Google will not accept advertisements that are fake designer goods, child pornography, illegal drugs, miracle cures, online gambling, etc. Search engines are allowed to control what products may be promoted through their site thus making the internet online ads more cost-effective.
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While reading Chapter 8 in B2B, I couldn’t help but to see the comedy in the remark made by President Bush. However, as a listener, I am disturbed by the FCC’s decision to censor the President’s remark. In general, I feel that the FCC acts properly when deciding what words or expressions are in good taste with the American people. In this case, they were way off in my opinion. I believe there is a fine line between airing something that was intended to be vulgar and airing the “truth”. In this case, the remark was not intended to upset or to disturb the listener. In fact, the remark was never intended to be heard at all. In this instance, given the fact the comment wasn’t intended to be heard and also the comment did not directly refer to excrement in a literal sense, I believe the comment should have been allowed.
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Secondhand Smoke Awareness Conventions
Websites
American Cancer Sociey – http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/secondhand-smokeCDC – http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/general_facts/index.htm
Smokefree – http://smokefree.gov/secondhand-smoke
EPA – http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/healtheffects.html
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery – http://www.entnet.org/content/secondhand-smoke-and-children
American Lung Association – http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/about-smoking/health-effects/secondhand-smoke.html
All of these websites incorporate their name/group
Statistical information
HelpLine
Contact Link
Images
How to Quit
About smoking and its effects of
Preventing smoking
Facts & FiguresThese websites are intended to stress the importance of the effects of smoking and second hand smoke. Some of the images are disturbing but relates to exactly how second hand smoke can harm children. Each site offers ways to get help to quit smoking, facts about how it causes death, etc. All of the websites look professionally designed and are easy to follow. The all have an about us page, lists sources used, ways to sign up online for how to quit, e-newsletters, etc. The overall multimodal design relates to these companies and the importance of secondhand smoke effects relates well in each. The websites are setup to give people statistics and helplines to get them to quit smoking.
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File sharing has its pros and cons for both consumers and producers/artists. Although artists and producers actually lose money from not making sales off of CD’s, they still gain a much greater way of promoting themselves on the Internet. Many consumers still purchase CD’s in stores however more and more are streaming music online for free, which is saving them much more money. I think that file sharing is a great way for artists/producers to promote themselves because the Internet is used by billions of people worldwide and people can find out about music much quicker then hearing about it through other ways of advertising. File sharing is definitely a great strategy for producers to use and it will save them tremendous amounts of money by not having to use other tactics for advertising. In a report from the music industry in 2013 found online, it stated, “While overall music sales (including albums, singles, music videos, digital tracks) were down 6.3 percent year over year, streaming consumption grew a whopping 32 percent since 2012” (Nielsen, 2014). I believe at this point with the constant growth rate of file sharing every year, copyright laws should be disregarded. Almost everyone I know streams music online and it does not matter if the artist is rich or poor because the Internet caused this. Most artists have enough money anyway where this matter shouldn’t even be a concern for them. I don’t think in today’s world that the industry can change to adapt to file sharing because technologies and the Internet are growing too fast to constantly be able to make adaptations.
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With obvious exceptions, as a student, I have come to accept that most texts presented in the classroom environment are for the purposes of advancing learning, and therefor would be considered legitimate works. However, in order to lend credit to Rheingold’s techniques, several things must occur. The things that come to mind first would be the motives for the book being written, was this book written for profit or is this book written to inform. Secondly, I would check the sources used and the publishing company. In addition to the above, I lastly would examine the context of the work itself. In this case, the book uses a normal font, does not attempt to be overly comical and presents information in a matter consistent with a text written to inform. Following the examination of the text, it appears to be a legitimate work written to inform the reader and therefor has given no reason not to be trusted.
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The role of digital technology in our lives is something I take for granted. However, the importance of these things and their impact cannot be taken in jest. As I read about Koan 1, it all just bits this was a bit of a revelation. AS I assume most do, our computers, smartphones and other devices have become a way of life. I watch movies, listen to music and view my photographs. I assume that these things are relevant to the device as they are to me. Not that I mean the device places the same level of importance I do but, that the device knows what media it is presenting. This reality that this is not the case is eye opening. However, to answer the question, I believe this is definitely a definition of a Koan, This reality of how information is processed by the devices I depend on has challenged the way I look at these devices, and the materials I have on them.
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After reading the Introduction and Chapter 1 of NetSmart, I found the quote “email and its descendants” have triggered two fundamental changes. First, new communication technologies give us increasing control over how, when, and with whom we interact-what Baron calls “volume control.” Second, as we replace much of our spoken interaction with written exchanges, Baron fears that quantity increases and quality suffers.”
I found this to be extremely true. With all of the new technologies many people don’t associate with very many people at all face to face. If you think about how many people do you really talk to on the phone, or meet for an occasional lunch date to catch up with each other. The majority of our time is spent texting, emailing, facebooking, etc.
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Hello everyone, my name is Chasity Robinson. I am a junior at WVU in the RBA program. I am emphasizing my degree in Business. I am married with four children, 3 girls and 1 boy ranging in age from 6-15. I work full-time with the WV Dept of Transportation as an Executive Secretary. I hope that this course will provide me with better understanding of the multimedia world of communication.
I enjoy crafting, boating, camping in my spare time. I also coach youth cheerleading.
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I also agree that the medical field would benefit a lot from remix ethics. Collaboration of not only doctors, scientists but also research facilities that have more advanced testing capabilities would help benefit finding a cure for some medical diseases that have struggled over years to find a final cure.
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Tarin, you made some good points on how far technology has come even since the 9/11 incident. Wireless capabilities during that time allowed for loved ones to say there final good byes. I couldn’t imagine getting a phone call like that. I also agree with your thoughts on regulating censorship in radio and tv programs. Howard Stern was definitely a person known to cause ruckus while on the air speaking freely. Censorship has can along way with new rules and regulation but like you said there is always something that gets through the loops somehow. It may later be found and discarded but in the end what effect did it have one those who seen it?
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I too also liked how he used the term “crap detector”. It gave the book some comedy appeal. I also agree with you that Rheingold has the influence to make you look at things differently. I found the book to be well related to his audience and feel that this book would be helpful to anyone with questions regarding the issue.
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Mike,
I also found that this was a great exercise to clear your mind. I liked how the author uses the resemblance of training a puppy to use a pee pad and then eventually it is trained to go outside. I can see how training your mind to concentrate would help. This is something that I need to try.
