Eric,
I think what you have so far is really good. I've never really thought about all the sites we can get news from. Digg.com and Reddit.com are two things I have never explored before and now thats something I'm interested in checking every once in a while. I really don't have any suggestions for this paper other than I'd love to see some statistics. I don't know what you statistics you can find about interactivity but thats my only suggestions.
Courtney,
Your paper is pretty much complete and I do have to admit I'm jealous. I think this paper is well written and very in depth. You did a great job starting out describing care pages and their purpose. I really liked that you stated your method but what I thought was really awesome was that you gave specific examples. My uncle currently has cancer right now, and he actuall updates his own care page. He won't give my aunt his password right now because he believes he won't get sick enough for her to have to write for him. It's a great way for people to keep updated on their loved ones and vice versa.
Jamie,
I think the start of this paper is so far so good. You did a good job describing PostSecret. I also really liked how you went into the description of expressive writing and the history of it. My only suggestion is what if you gave more examples of sites where people use expressive writing? I mean if you decide that you want to just focus on PostSecret thats fine but I think some other examples might help.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
John/Chelsea peer review
John,
In the beginning of the paper you had commented that you feel like this needs a lot of work. It needs some work, but not as much as you may think. I mean I know most of it still needs to be written but I like where you're going with it. I really liked how on page 3 you stated, "This paper seeks to serve as an introduction to the world of music..." You said exactly what I along with other readers want to hear. Why are you writing this paper? What am I going to get out of it? And that one sentence helped me understand that.
Chelsea,
I love Stumbleupon, and yes I believe it is to cure boredom! I'm going to be honest though, the first paragraph did not draw me in at all, but the second one did. I also thought you conclusion was well thought out but I'm looking for all the inbetween. Why use Stumbleupon instead of just searching google? What's the history behind it? I know this might be hard because there is not a lot of exact information on Stumbleupon itself but I'm looking forward to reading the finish product.
In the beginning of the paper you had commented that you feel like this needs a lot of work. It needs some work, but not as much as you may think. I mean I know most of it still needs to be written but I like where you're going with it. I really liked how on page 3 you stated, "This paper seeks to serve as an introduction to the world of music..." You said exactly what I along with other readers want to hear. Why are you writing this paper? What am I going to get out of it? And that one sentence helped me understand that.
Chelsea,
I love Stumbleupon, and yes I believe it is to cure boredom! I'm going to be honest though, the first paragraph did not draw me in at all, but the second one did. I also thought you conclusion was well thought out but I'm looking for all the inbetween. Why use Stumbleupon instead of just searching google? What's the history behind it? I know this might be hard because there is not a lot of exact information on Stumbleupon itself but I'm looking forward to reading the finish product.
LostPedia
To be honest, these fan based sites don't interest me very much but it is interesting to see how much is out there. Since I've never taken an interest in fan based sites I never really knew what it entailed.
John brought up a good point in his lead reading about web administrators. What should the qualifications be when it comes to leaving up content, editing it or taking it down? Like I had said with my paper, if someones life or health is at risk, thats a big sign that says "this content should not be easily accessible to readers." I haven't seen web administrators take much action when it comes to what is on the internet and I'd like to see a change.
John brought up a good point in his lead reading about web administrators. What should the qualifications be when it comes to leaving up content, editing it or taking it down? Like I had said with my paper, if someones life or health is at risk, thats a big sign that says "this content should not be easily accessible to readers." I haven't seen web administrators take much action when it comes to what is on the internet and I'd like to see a change.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Letters to Hope/Zach/John
Hope,
I really like the start to your essay but I was hoping to see more. Your outline really helped me figure out what you will be writing about. My one question is: How? How does Facebook ruin relationships? How has it ruined society and personal interaction? I’m assuming these questions will be answered as you get more into the paper, but it’s just something to think about.
Zach,
I think this is a really good start to this paper. You’re about halfway done and I’m pretty impressed with that because most people have written about two pages. Anyways, I really like your topic. I think it’s really interesting because most college students are not smart when it comes to sharing their private information on the internet. I feel that I’m smart about it because instead of sharing my full name on Facebook I only share my first and middle name and I don’t put my home address or phone number like a lot of people do. I’d really love to hear what can be done to keep users safe while online, and even what can be done to make users not share as much information as they do now.
John A,
I think this is a really good start to the paper and the topic is definitely an interesting one, but I feel it’s very common. We all multitask, on and off the computer. I like that you talk about the affect of multitasking on our school and job work, but I feel like something is missing. I don’t know if anyone else in the class will agree with me but I think the paper needs something more but I’m not sure what.
I really like the start to your essay but I was hoping to see more. Your outline really helped me figure out what you will be writing about. My one question is: How? How does Facebook ruin relationships? How has it ruined society and personal interaction? I’m assuming these questions will be answered as you get more into the paper, but it’s just something to think about.
Zach,
I think this is a really good start to this paper. You’re about halfway done and I’m pretty impressed with that because most people have written about two pages. Anyways, I really like your topic. I think it’s really interesting because most college students are not smart when it comes to sharing their private information on the internet. I feel that I’m smart about it because instead of sharing my full name on Facebook I only share my first and middle name and I don’t put my home address or phone number like a lot of people do. I’d really love to hear what can be done to keep users safe while online, and even what can be done to make users not share as much information as they do now.
John A,
I think this is a really good start to the paper and the topic is definitely an interesting one, but I feel it’s very common. We all multitask, on and off the computer. I like that you talk about the affect of multitasking on our school and job work, but I feel like something is missing. I don’t know if anyone else in the class will agree with me but I think the paper needs something more but I’m not sure what.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Man-Of-Letters/Texting and writing
I found these two readings very enjoyable to look at. My favorite was the "Texting and writing." In the Man-Of-Letters article, the author talked about writing and what it really means to society these days, especially to students. "What does it count for anymore?" I believe that when we write or when we read, we have to think before we act just like making decisions. We need to think about what we read and write because there is always a meaning behind it, we just sometimes don't take the time to see it.
I found Texting and Writing very amusing because although texting has become a problem nationwide, I don't believe that it has any effect on how we write, especially with high school students. I think its funny that students use "lol" or "gr8" in their papers, but I think it's just because they are being lazy and not thinking. It's not because texting is ruining their social and learning skills.
I found Texting and Writing very amusing because although texting has become a problem nationwide, I don't believe that it has any effect on how we write, especially with high school students. I think its funny that students use "lol" or "gr8" in their papers, but I think it's just because they are being lazy and not thinking. It's not because texting is ruining their social and learning skills.
Monday, March 7, 2011
New Literacies
These readings were difficult for me to comprehend. I liked the second reading a lot better than the one that we had to read out of our book.
What I found very interesting in the second reading was one main sentence. "...There is no reading or writing in any meaningful sense of each term outside social practices." I thought this to be rather interesting because sometimes, or a lot of the time when we have to read or do an assignment for class we don't understand or think about the meaning behind it. We do it because we have to. When we read or write because we want to, we don't think about the real meaning behind other than the fact that its a way to relax or let our emotions run free.
What I found very interesting in the second reading was one main sentence. "...There is no reading or writing in any meaningful sense of each term outside social practices." I thought this to be rather interesting because sometimes, or a lot of the time when we have to read or do an assignment for class we don't understand or think about the meaning behind it. We do it because we have to. When we read or write because we want to, we don't think about the real meaning behind other than the fact that its a way to relax or let our emotions run free.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Research Proposal
A little late but here it is. I was having trouble uploading it in a PDF so I'm just pasting it here and sending a copy to your e-mail.
Title: An investigation of Pro-Anorexia sites. How are they affecting teenagers today and what can we do to end these sites for good?
Introduction:
When I first started this research project I had no idea what I was interested in studying. I knew I wanted to research something that was important to me and I wasn’t researching something just to get the paper done.
My sophomore year of college I took a public speaking class and I did a speech on pro-anorexia sites. My professor gave me the idea to do the speech because not a lot of people knew about these sites and I sure did not.
Body image has always been a big issue in our society. If you don’t fit the specific image someone is looking for, than you don’t fit into society. Body image has been determined by many factors, two of them being politics and one even bigger, media. The media has always had a huge effect on how we perceive our bodies and ourselves. With negative body image comes eating disorders, and with eating disorders comes pro-anorexia sites. The media is the biggest problem when it comes to eating disorders. We see models and famous athletes with these amazing bodies and think we have to be like them. We see diet commercials and form fitting clothes and have to have it. The media not only affects how we think about our bodies, but it sometimes can affect our lives, especially for people mainly girls, with an eating disorder.
Literature Review:
Wilson, Jenny & Peebles, Rebecka (2006, March). Surfing for Thinness: A Pilot Study of Pro-Eating Disorder Web Site Usage in Adolescents With Eating Disorders. Retrieved from SAGE journals online database.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/118/6/e1635
This article talks all about pro-ana sites from how they started to what they do for girls. The article states that “pro-eating disorder web sites are communites of individuals who engage in disordered eating and use the Internet to discuss their activities.” The journal article was about a survey that was conducted with 698 families of patients with eating disorders age 10-22. Questions were asked to the parents such as if they knew about the pro-ana sites and also if they knew whether or not their children used these sites. A lot of the parents had no idea about these sites, and they weren’t sure what their children did on the web. I really liked this article because it’s a great study that I can use to back up the rest of my research on pro-ana sites.
Method:
I haven’t completely decided how I’m going to go about doing the rest of my research for this paper. I think I’m going to do a study through my Facebook friends to see how many people know about pro-ana sites. I know if I asked my mom or my little sister they would probably have no idea what I’m talking about. I think I’m mainly going to study these pro-ana sites. I might try and join some of the sites to see if I can get a bit more information on these girls and how they think. I’m not sure if this will work or not but I think its worth a try. My biggest thing is that when these sites should be shut down, they’re not. I want to find a way to make these pro-ana sites stop.
Title: An investigation of Pro-Anorexia sites. How are they affecting teenagers today and what can we do to end these sites for good?
Introduction:
When I first started this research project I had no idea what I was interested in studying. I knew I wanted to research something that was important to me and I wasn’t researching something just to get the paper done.
My sophomore year of college I took a public speaking class and I did a speech on pro-anorexia sites. My professor gave me the idea to do the speech because not a lot of people knew about these sites and I sure did not.
Body image has always been a big issue in our society. If you don’t fit the specific image someone is looking for, than you don’t fit into society. Body image has been determined by many factors, two of them being politics and one even bigger, media. The media has always had a huge effect on how we perceive our bodies and ourselves. With negative body image comes eating disorders, and with eating disorders comes pro-anorexia sites. The media is the biggest problem when it comes to eating disorders. We see models and famous athletes with these amazing bodies and think we have to be like them. We see diet commercials and form fitting clothes and have to have it. The media not only affects how we think about our bodies, but it sometimes can affect our lives, especially for people mainly girls, with an eating disorder.
Literature Review:
Wilson, Jenny & Peebles, Rebecka (2006, March). Surfing for Thinness: A Pilot Study of Pro-Eating Disorder Web Site Usage in Adolescents With Eating Disorders. Retrieved from SAGE journals online database.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/118/6/e1635
This article talks all about pro-ana sites from how they started to what they do for girls. The article states that “pro-eating disorder web sites are communites of individuals who engage in disordered eating and use the Internet to discuss their activities.” The journal article was about a survey that was conducted with 698 families of patients with eating disorders age 10-22. Questions were asked to the parents such as if they knew about the pro-ana sites and also if they knew whether or not their children used these sites. A lot of the parents had no idea about these sites, and they weren’t sure what their children did on the web. I really liked this article because it’s a great study that I can use to back up the rest of my research on pro-ana sites.
Method:
I haven’t completely decided how I’m going to go about doing the rest of my research for this paper. I think I’m going to do a study through my Facebook friends to see how many people know about pro-ana sites. I know if I asked my mom or my little sister they would probably have no idea what I’m talking about. I think I’m mainly going to study these pro-ana sites. I might try and join some of the sites to see if I can get a bit more information on these girls and how they think. I’m not sure if this will work or not but I think its worth a try. My biggest thing is that when these sites should be shut down, they’re not. I want to find a way to make these pro-ana sites stop.
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