Mathew
As I figured, MySpace was a center of the world at one point
in time. I experienced my first usage earlier that Matt, but it seems he is
currently just as active as I am. AOL and AIM started the social aspect for my
generation, and although I didn’t have expectance with these two sites I know
plenty who have. MySpace however, I believe every one of the generation has the
same experience. Being the first social site to really take off it became an
addiction to mostly everyone in the era. As Matt agreed, the ability to change
the profile to match personalities was amazement to all MySpace users.
Youngsters use the social sites to say the things they would normally say,
although we have found that isn’t such a good thing it was a break-through
while it was happening. The transfer from MySpace to Facebook brought about the
same interactions as MySpace. Facebook costing a friendship is pretty accurate
in the price to pay from drastic assumptions made on social sites. This has
caused those who may have started off using MySpace, to no longer participate
in social sites. Nonetheless social site usages are at an all-time high.
Matts analysis of the videos where so opinionated, it was a
disappointment that the links weren’t merged in the post. From his used tough
criticism from reviewing the first video “B/W,” the reader really understands
that he doesn’t approve of the video. It’s beneficial to the reader that Matt
describe the details of the video that he didn’t like, since the actual film
isn’t available. Matt was sure to do this for each movie critique, giving
examples of the features he didn’t like throughout the video. The second movie
evaluation focused on the scene shots. I like how matt gave a sequenced study
of the film, giving examples of what worked and what didn’t. The feelings
towards these two videos were very strong. I think in some cases to not offend
readers of different likings, a writer should be delicate in stating opinions.
The last of the video critique, Matt seemed to enjoy the most. Matt showed his
appreciation by expressing his views that were similar to the theme of the
movie. I think this made his critique seem more sincere. Had Matt supported his
earlier critiques with more suggestions of improvements, the post would have
been more courteous.
Being a social media user, Matt’s “ The good and the bad of
Social Media” was an enjoyable read. I noted there were similar views on
positives and negatives of the topic of social media. He starts off with the
term “intercultural communication”, which is a great way to define social media
today. The blending of all words is a positive subject in its self; it supports
the fact that communication is alive and growing. Matt calls this “expanding
discovery”, which is exactly what social network is doing, increasing focuses
on a diverse field of topics. Matt brings the negative fact of privacy loss ,
which is common when discussing social networks. Not only are privacy settings
not secure on most social sites, users maybe unconscious of the information
they are making available on social network posts. Matt brings up details that
most social site users aren’t aware of; sites selling user information to
researchers being one of them. The conclusion of the blog was great, bringing
awareness to active social site users. He warns users that although social
media comes with glitches, its up to the consumer determine usage appropriate
to the lifestyle hey wish to obtain.
Matt’s writing style is very formal. Most of his sentences
where fact based that could be necessary for the topic being discussed, but is
dull. He expressed the topic very well using great detail to explain his
objective of the topic. Matt was sure to explain in depth the definition of
2.0, going as far as comparing and contrasting the past and present eras.
Evaluating the topic this way helped the reader establish associations with
their personal timeline, recalling chapters of their experience in of the 2.0
periods. He also gives readers a chance to look at the new web in a selling
aspect. Readers being consumers love to be educated on the new marketing
schemes. Clarifying how businesses use social media, as a way to “connect to
their public” is awareness that the reader is sure to be interested in.
Personal views on the topic were, left out, which was kind of disappointing.
Knowing how a person sees a specific topic usually determines if you have
similar or different ethics as they do. Especially in blog posts, the reader
would like to have the personal connection so they can have a constant
relationship with them, even if it’s only via web. Overall very informational
and nice read!
Katie
A lot of the users of Internet in the 90’s vividly remember
the dial-up connections. Katie recalls her mother kicking her off of dial-up so
that she can use the phone line, I having this same memory. I’m remembering the
squeaking sounds of the connection being completed in my ears as we speak. Chat
rooms were very popular at this time, especially group chats. Towards the
beginning of the millennium lots of young kids shied away from house phone
usage, and turned to chat rooms for what they may have thought was more
privacy. Katie talks about her mom’s views on social media, which is a nice
comparison to our generation. Some mom’s in our generation are not on social
sites, but with the increase of popularity their usage has also increased. The
only difference I noticed in opinion manner was the appreciation of growing up
in the heart of the technology era. I find that the Internet causes people to become
lazy. A lot of current Internet users are too comfortable with other people
finding out information for them; as sad as it is I am one of them. I would
like to have had the chance to experience things without having the comfort of
the information being at my fingertips. I thought is post was great in style
and entertaining in context.
Just looking at the posts I love the format. The post was
broken up into categories so that the reader can visually know what is going to
be disused in each section. When describing what the new form of web actually
is, she uses examples instead of dictionary terms. Examples quickly allowed me
to relate with the topic that was being labeled. I also noted that after Katie
listed several topic points earlier in the blog posts and explained it in more
detail. This kept the post flowing, keeping me interested and informed. The
fact that web 2.0 has more user interactive sites is something that should have
been stressed more throughout the blog. It seems the concept of interaction was
integrated when the comparison from social media to web 2.0 was made, but it
should have been stressed more separately. I do agree with a lot of the
information given but it did get a little boring with the incorporation of the
text from the websites she researched. Overall I feel the post was
informational and a great read for anyone looking for information about the
topic.
Katie incorporated the video links into her post allowing
for the reader to quickly convey their attention from the text to the film.
Katie organized the blog in a descending order, having the video she perceived
as the best being first. This structure is essential, giving the reader a full
understanding of the expectations for the quality of work. Providing links also
give the reader supported evidence to the point Katie is making. Readers look for blogs to not only be
informational but personal. With this in
mind, it was great for Katie to add character to the blog, taking pictures that
relating to her analysis. As far as the context goes, Katie used descriptive
language for the reader to conceive on their own opinions from. The added
images were also great; due to the fact it displayed her main points in the
passages’. A reader can refresh their memory from just reading the handwritten
words, rather than re-reading the whole passage. Overall the structure Katie provided
for this blog was well-defined, making this post a good read!
Katie starts off with fun headings grabbing the attention of
the reader, allowing them the notion that the post will be an amusing read. Proving
this point to the true, Katie adds humor in the last sentence of the
introduction completely attaching the reader to stay tuned in. Personal
experiences where are used after negative points, which were enjoyable to read.
It can’t be stressed enough how personalizing the post permits not only more readers,
but a more grasp on the argument being made. Having had the reader’s attention
for an extended period, Katie incorporates more serious obstacles concerning
the topic. Katie is sure to only deliver the facts, but leave the reader to
come up with their own personal judgment of the scenario. The post starts off
in separated sections of text from the main points of the passages, but does
not end that way. There was not separation from the negative to the positive,
and the inconsistence could have thrown off the reader of the passage. The
intensity of the positive could have been boosted, had a personal example been
added. The entire passage was effective
in stating Katie’s pros and cons of social networking, while succeeding to
inform the viewer on the topic.
