The video I will share was made by Mark Oliver Everett, known as E. He created a band called Eels. He is the only stable member of the band. He wrote a book called Thing the Grandchildren Should Know. It is an autobiography. I have not read the book, but I do know that all of his immediate family and his cousin perished in tragic circumstances. This video is a strange commercial promoting his book. If you are offended by elephant sex and tiger attacks that last for a few seconds, you might not want to watch. Otherwise, enjoy.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Chapter 1 Questions
Page 11
1. List four examples of the convergence phenomenon.
AOL Time-Warner (television, Internet)
Apple (computers, music, phone)
Roku (video through the Internet displayed by the TV)
Tivo (DVRs)
2. What is meant by the term information society?
Information is easily accessed by the people through mass communication.
3.What are three conventional mass media?
TV
radio
Internet
4. What is the difference between analog and digital?
digital: data compressed into 1s and 0s
analog: data that is in the form by light and sound signals
5.Name areas in which communication regulations are shifting.
music
video games
television
Page 16
1. What were the media forms in preagricultural society?
Spoken language
2. What media evolved in industrial societies?
Print media in the form of newspapers, due in large part to the invention of the printing press.
3. What changes led to the development of the information society?
digital communication and the computer
4.Which media have become purely digital from end to end?
cable and satellite
Page 24
1. What does the acronym SMCR stand for?
Source-Message-Channel-Receiver
2. Use the SMCR model to describe what happens when you watch TV.
Source: Television network
Message: words, sounds, moving images
Channel: broadcast
Receiver: View
3. Is an automated teller machine interactive? Explain.
Yes, it adjusts the options you can choose based on your previous inputs.
4. Name three examples of social media.
Facebook
MySpace
Twitter
5. How do the "new media" differ from the "old media"?
New media allows a large mass of people to interact with the system. Old media was controlled by a select few.
1. List four examples of the convergence phenomenon.
AOL Time-Warner (television, Internet)
Apple (computers, music, phone)
Roku (video through the Internet displayed by the TV)
Tivo (DVRs)
2. What is meant by the term information society?
Information is easily accessed by the people through mass communication.
3.What are three conventional mass media?
TV
radio
Internet
4. What is the difference between analog and digital?
digital: data compressed into 1s and 0s
analog: data that is in the form by light and sound signals
5.Name areas in which communication regulations are shifting.
music
video games
television
Page 16
1. What were the media forms in preagricultural society?
Spoken language
2. What media evolved in industrial societies?
Print media in the form of newspapers, due in large part to the invention of the printing press.
3. What changes led to the development of the information society?
digital communication and the computer
4.Which media have become purely digital from end to end?
cable and satellite
Page 24
1. What does the acronym SMCR stand for?
Source-Message-Channel-Receiver
2. Use the SMCR model to describe what happens when you watch TV.
Source: Television network
Message: words, sounds, moving images
Channel: broadcast
Receiver: View
3. Is an automated teller machine interactive? Explain.
Yes, it adjusts the options you can choose based on your previous inputs.
4. Name three examples of social media.
MySpace
5. How do the "new media" differ from the "old media"?
New media allows a large mass of people to interact with the system. Old media was controlled by a select few.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Multimedia Devices
I own a(n):
iPod touch (games, video, music, internet etc.)
5th generation iPod (This is one of the first iPod models that played video. It was my only iPod for about three years. However, it did not hold a charge for more than 45 minutes after awhile. Hence, the reason I got an iPod Touch. My old iPod serves as my car iPod, where it can be plugged in all the time.)
PlayStation 3 (same as the iPod, except add Netflix and MLB.tv (the holy grail for a baseball fan) on the TV)
cell phone (calling/texting, alarm clock, a beyond crappy camera that I never use; just a simple phone)
Nintendo Wii (I only use it for games, but it can play Netflix. I essentially abandoned it when I got my PlayStation 3.)
MacBook (It's a computer, so computer stuff.)
32-inch Philips LCD TV (720p/1080i-capable; bought this around Christmas; After owning TVs no bigger than 24 inches, this makes me feel like I graduated into big boy land in terms of TV ownership.)
iPod touch (games, video, music, internet etc.)
5th generation iPod (This is one of the first iPod models that played video. It was my only iPod for about three years. However, it did not hold a charge for more than 45 minutes after awhile. Hence, the reason I got an iPod Touch. My old iPod serves as my car iPod, where it can be plugged in all the time.)
PlayStation 3 (same as the iPod, except add Netflix and MLB.tv (the holy grail for a baseball fan) on the TV)
cell phone (calling/texting, alarm clock, a beyond crappy camera that I never use; just a simple phone)
Nintendo Wii (I only use it for games, but it can play Netflix. I essentially abandoned it when I got my PlayStation 3.)
MacBook (It's a computer, so computer stuff.)
32-inch Philips LCD TV (720p/1080i-capable; bought this around Christmas; After owning TVs no bigger than 24 inches, this makes me feel like I graduated into big boy land in terms of TV ownership.)
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