Final Thought!

Well when I started this course I honestly didn’t think that I would get so much out of it! There have been so many issue raised that I would never think twice about. I’ll admit that although I use my computer daily im no whiz and I defiantly don’t have a wide knowledge on how to do extraordinary things with my computer but as I have discovered it doesn’t matter if you use your computer for basic things like emails, banking and social networking we all need to be aware of how our usage is affecting our identities, how we represent ourselves and who is watching us! Online activities are now primed into most aspect of our daily lives so its more than beneficial that we should all be aware of the network we are engaging with and information flows we are sending and receiving its only going to get more complicated and more confusing maybe this should become a compulsory subject at school I mean I will never use algebra again or trigonometry but the internet and online activities are only going to keep saturating the world around us!

Week 12!

Micro chipping people how very minority report, my question is are we getting a little head of ourselves in society i mean maybe because all the movies back in the day predicted that by the year 2020 that we'd have robots as servants and practically use computers to eliminate tedious tasks out of every daily routine including sex (demolition man) that we are trying to progress to these Hollywood prediction before other elements of society are up to speed! Are we trying to fill Hollywood expectation! I must admit though at the moment i wouldnt mind having a robot around as my boyfriend broke his leg playing rugby on sat and it has become my task to feed, clean and even shower him so hey bring on robot slaves could use one of those right now ! K a little off track just venting! but the whole idea of what lies ahead can be some what daunting i mean i.d. chips yeah i guess maybe a good idea to locate violent offenders, missing children and missing people in general but are we trying to evolve into a Hollywood movie and as we have seen there are generally negative connotations surrounding most futuristic films and the use of advanced technology and robots turning on there creators maybe we should slow down i mean there are other pressing issues such as global warming, poverty and disease maybe we should re-focus technological energies towards these issue instead of finding more advance ways to violate our privacy! Just a thought!

JOKE OF THE WEEK!

I KNOW I ALREADY POSTED ONE TODAY! But in case it was of bad taste and because i missed a couple of weeks here a few more to keep you going till next time!

There was a blonde driving down the road one day. She glanced to her right and noticed another blonde sitting in a nearby field, rowing a boat with no water in sight.

The blonde angrily pulled her car over and yelled at the rowing blonde, "What do you think you're doing? It's things like this that give us blondes a bad name. If I could swim, I'd come out there and kick your butt!"

K i have a couple more in case that wasn't your style -

George W. Bush was getting off of Airforce One in Israel, when he walked passed Moses, who didn't seem to notice him. He turned to Moses and said, "I am George W. Bush, the President of the USA, the most powerful nation on earth. Why didn't you greet me?"

Moses replied, "The last time I spoke to a bush, we starved for 40 years!"

K another one this is bad taste--- :) but got a few luaghs

	A blind man walked into a bank with his seeing-eye dog that guided him everywhere. He walked into the center of the bank floor, took the dog by the chain, and started swinging him around his head. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared. The other customers were taken aback and some were very upset at the way the animal was being treated. One of the tellers ran up to the blind man and asked, "Sir, what are you doing!?!" The man turned toward the teller and said, "Oh, nothing - just looking around."

This joke is rated PG -

A man went to see his doctor. "You need to stop masturbating," the doctor said. The man asked, "Why?" The doctor replied, "Because I''m trying to examine you!"

UNTIL NEXT TIME KEEP SMILING!

Week 11

Okay im freaking out! after this morning discussion and this weeks reading, thinking about convergence as more than just a technological advancements but rather a process which alters the relationship between social relationships, the structure of industries, markets and the way we engage within these sectors, its kind of depressing to think that maybe in the future we may choose to work from home, choose to have a virtual conference with friends of family instead of going out to lunch - i know new media has offered us the capacity to form new social relationships, yeah this new social space and constant access with people who are spatially dispersed or constant flow of info throughout society but its kind-of scary to think about the possibility of what might happen to face2 face communication the constant social interaction, are we isolating ourselves to much and are we trying become more advanced 2 fast i mean as we spoke about last week there such a gap in society. I like the idea of a water cooler effect we need social interaction. Whether we are using the telephone the internet any medium, they are all real forms of communication but they will never be able to totally replace social interaction of face2face communication. Yeah they make life easier help us network, reduce spatial barriers and help facilitate the social function but im just freaking out imagining what might happen as we advance as a society what will happen to face2face communication will we slowly forget why we enjoy interacting within social environments or will we become to lazy and start to video conference Christmas dinner instead of traveling to see one another going through the hassle is media convergence making life to easy? i guess maybe its not all that bad but i just don't like change i like a little bit but its scary to think about it - hope didnt get 2 far off track have good weekend! :)

JOKE OF THE WEEK!

Back by popular demand!

Three Doctors are dicussing which types of patients they prefer.
Doctor Watson says, ''I prefer librarians. All their organs are alphabetized.''


Doctor Fitzpatrick says, ''I prefer mathematicians. All their organs are numbered.''

Doctor Ahn says, ''I prefer lawyers. They are gutless, heartless, brainless, spineless, and their heads and rear ends are interchangeable.''
(sorry to the future lawyers in the class!)

Week 10!

Do people need more than the basics to escape true poverty and social inequality in a “global” information economy?
So the digital divide, well if the world didn’t have enough problems we are now faced with the question of a digital divide well i think that after this weeks reading discussing convergence culture and the expanding opportunities for both producers and consumers in the 21st century it occurred to me that maybe divides occur in society because certain things are being neglected and other things are seen as our main focus, I mean our obsession with media consumption and the process of convergence within our media culture may be an influential topic but lets face it its not going to end world hunger or end poverty. The media industry is concerned with one thing making money, and we as consumers use it to make life easier and more enjoyable! I mean I don’t think we can ever eliminate social inequality it is always going to happen but maybe we can eliminate the extremes between these inequalities so maybe this whole looking beyond the basics to escape true poverty isn’t such a bad idea but in the end just surviving is difficult enough for people living in poverty so maybe this issue should be of a little more of importance. I mean in today’s society it is hard to imagine that these inequalities still exist when we have access to things we do its hard to understand why we cant be as involved or as innovative when it comes to the issue of social inequality than as we are with our pursuit of the production consumption of media