The internet really has a language of its own. That's one of the things I was reminded of, watching the video about authenticity of YouTube. Like when seeing the case of lonelygirl15, where people were (rightfully) accusing her of being a fake, reminded me of the term troll. Here is the wikipedia definition of an internet troll:
An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and usually irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response[1] or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.[2]
But among the most famous internet language is the acronyms. These acronyms find usage all around the world. Even in foreign languages, the English acronyms are used. Words like LOL, LMAO, ROFL, etc.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Technology today
I use the computer enough to know somethings about it and the internet. I think that it is amazing how the older generations look at computers and the internet. I needed to have my mother email an assignment to one of my teachers for me, so I called her and walked her through it step by step. She got so frustrated and upset that she couldnt see what I was talking about that she had my 11 year old brother get on and do it for me. She naturally locks up whenever anyone talks about technology. My little brothers were the ones that introduced me to YouTube. Since then I have seen a lot of different videos, most of which I am sure have been changed to look cool. My boss at work emailed me a video and asked me to do what they did. I tried it and it didnt work. Then I went and looked at the comments on that video and someone had done a background check on it and found that the people in the video had altered it and made it look cool. With technology being everywhere the way it is, you really have to be careful with what you believe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OCyPKp7dMM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OCyPKp7dMM
Technology and Language
I have been thinking of the way technology has influenced the way people think and also the way the language changes with it. I started thinking of how it seems that hundreds of years ago, people would hear a speech or hear something on the radio and it was almost instantly believed, just like the war of the worlds broadcast by HG Wells, and now it seems we have gotten to the point where we are so skeptical about what we hear that it requires multiple concrete sources or it is almost too hard to believe. Movies have even changed to the point where it is hard to tell what is real or what is created using a computer, have you ever gotten spam mail? Both in physical mail and in email? Did you ever wonder what was a scam and what was legitimate, how did you find out? My opinion is that the more technology increases the easier it is to replicate, create or imitate any form of communication. One such recent example was a youtube video going around about a girl that opened a car door using a tennis ball with a small hole cut in it, if you look at the comments you can see what kind of a reaction everyone had to the video, I know that when I personally see something in a movie or in the news, my first normal answer is "No Way!" here is a link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rHhgq5umGpI
Technology and the power of who speaks
As was demonstrated in the "Authenticity on the Tube" clip as the YouTube phenomenon has changed who gets to speak and how they do it. As we look at language and technology it is important to point out that the "power of the pulpit" or who gets the opportunity to speak has been a part of language from the very beginning. Thanks to Youtube that power appears to be shifting and no where is this shift seen more dramatically then in the political realm. As part of the current election process YouTube users have been able to participate in major political debates by posting videos of questions that the candidates were then able to respond to on a televised program. Of course the producers of the debate were able to choose which questions were asked, but the impact of ordinary people getting the chance to ask major political figures questions has seemed to be empowering. In the past such debates were directed by an individual, usually a person associated with politics or news, who would read a collections of predetermined questions from cards. In contrast when YouTube subscribers were allowed to participate the fact that ordinary people were asking the questions changed the feel of the debate. The questions may have been the same, but to see a regular person asking the question created a more powerful connection for many viewers of the debate.
As we look at the influence of technology on language the power of who gets to speak should be one of the key perspectives we use to evaluate its impact on general culture.
As we look at the influence of technology on language the power of who gets to speak should be one of the key perspectives we use to evaluate its impact on general culture.
Communication and Technology
It's really hard to look ahead into the future and guess how one thing is going to influence the other. If it were easier I guess we'd have a lot less problems than we do today. But if I were to guess on how the Web would influence our use of language, I would say that it might broaden shared characteristics. Certain slang may become more widely used, etc. Also, watching the YouTube stuff, I noticed it was all about people going in and doing these video blogs, and online blogs... It's like you can make the world out to be a Confidante whether it cares to be or not. With all of these people pouring out their souls to strangers over the internet, how will that effect personal face-to-face relationships? Will we have a harder time making close friends? If this becomes so great a habit, could we loose some of our face-to-face social skills?
And as for lies, you can say what you will and the person on the other side cannot touch you. Not only does that bring out more lies but more rude behaviour as well. If things get to hot, it would seem that the contact could be severed with the mere pulling of a chord. You're safe and protected. You can manipulate the communication to fit whatever nitch it is that makes you happy. There's a lot of power there, and like always, corruption is quick to follow.
And as for lies, you can say what you will and the person on the other side cannot touch you. Not only does that bring out more lies but more rude behaviour as well. If things get to hot, it would seem that the contact could be severed with the mere pulling of a chord. You're safe and protected. You can manipulate the communication to fit whatever nitch it is that makes you happy. There's a lot of power there, and like always, corruption is quick to follow.
Let's hop online and talk
I'm a bit of a technology shut in. I use my Internet for home work, staying in touch with friends and, random other stuff. I hadn't even heard of you tube till about 6 months ago, so this is all very new and exciting to me. I was really kind of shocked when I saw adults, people in their 30-50's using this media source. I was under the impression that it was a bunch of teeny-boppers making video's that were pretty pointless. Man, I was so wrong. There are actual worth while video's, made by every one.
Technology has really made it possible for ANY ONE to do ANY THING. Which is great in some aspects. People with something to "say" can "say" it for virtually any one to "hear." More people have a voice in this virtual society. On the other hand you have a lot of..well...crap out there.
I think this new found love of communicating in cyber-space is just the beginning, there is so much more that hasn't even been thought of yet. It's technological evolution.
Technology has really made it possible for ANY ONE to do ANY THING. Which is great in some aspects. People with something to "say" can "say" it for virtually any one to "hear." More people have a voice in this virtual society. On the other hand you have a lot of..well...crap out there.
I think this new found love of communicating in cyber-space is just the beginning, there is so much more that hasn't even been thought of yet. It's technological evolution.
Technology and Human Interaction
The more technologically advanced our world becomes the less personal communication and interaction we have. It's amazing to me how much communication happens today without even opening our mouths.
My wife and I recently took a trip to New York and Boston. I was amazed after all the planning, buying the plane tickets, booking the hotels, reserving the rental car, finding the dates, locations and tickets for events, I didn't talk to a single person. I did everything online. The wonder of the Internet helped me do all this without expressing a single feeling or thought. Modern technology has provided us with so many powerful tools to fix our inconvenient lives. Sure I could have called a travel agency or contacted the hotels directly or even waited until I arrived. I know that it was my choice to plan the entire trip online and I will do it again. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it seems that we live in a world where everyone is connected, but no one is really saying anything.
My wife and I recently took a trip to New York and Boston. I was amazed after all the planning, buying the plane tickets, booking the hotels, reserving the rental car, finding the dates, locations and tickets for events, I didn't talk to a single person. I did everything online. The wonder of the Internet helped me do all this without expressing a single feeling or thought. Modern technology has provided us with so many powerful tools to fix our inconvenient lives. Sure I could have called a travel agency or contacted the hotels directly or even waited until I arrived. I know that it was my choice to plan the entire trip online and I will do it again. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it seems that we live in a world where everyone is connected, but no one is really saying anything.
us/ing the Machine
You're sitting in a movie theater just after a film - one that was especially poignant and impactful to you - has ended. People are getting up, putting on jackets, finishing popcorn, and the group you're with is wondering why you haven't moved yet. You can't. Your mind is processing everything you just saw. That's how I feel in my living room this morning. A little stunned.. slightly disturbed.. strangely touched.. This is what YouTube is about?
The fourth viewed site on the Web was just a place I went to see Human Tetris, Mac vs. PC commercials, and to gather Miss Teen clips for my PowerPoint. I had no idea that hidden underneath there existed a community of invisible legions - not invisible to each other, certainly - but I never knew. Who else doesn't know? It's scares me a little bit...exploitation, identity, and trouble can't be far behind something like this. I love that we have the freedom, and not we as Americans, but we as a human race, that we have the freedom to express like this, that from the privacy of a home with nothing more than a camera and computer, we can connect on such profound issues and emotions. While the arguments about being us/ed by the Machine are heavy to consider, I see YouTube as a counter argument to rather, us/ing the Machine. As long as we stay on top, that is, though it seems like a very slippery thing to hold... As for me, I'm still sitting in the theater. The dimmed lights are up, but I can't move.
The fourth viewed site on the Web was just a place I went to see Human Tetris, Mac vs. PC commercials, and to gather Miss Teen clips for my PowerPoint. I had no idea that hidden underneath there existed a community of invisible legions - not invisible to each other, certainly - but I never knew. Who else doesn't know? It's scares me a little bit...exploitation, identity, and trouble can't be far behind something like this. I love that we have the freedom, and not we as Americans, but we as a human race, that we have the freedom to express like this, that from the privacy of a home with nothing more than a camera and computer, we can connect on such profound issues and emotions. While the arguments about being us/ed by the Machine are heavy to consider, I see YouTube as a counter argument to rather, us/ing the Machine. As long as we stay on top, that is, though it seems like a very slippery thing to hold... As for me, I'm still sitting in the theater. The dimmed lights are up, but I can't move.
Tech Savvy World. . .
It is so amazing to me how innograted technology has become in our lives! If you can imagine it, it can become a reality. That's the phrase that comes to my mind when I think about all that has occured in the world of technology. YouTube is such an incredible instrument to communicate, stay current, learn about the world, etc. I understand that some are angry about the authenticity of the videos that are produced, but that goes for nearly any site on the internet these days. With 100 million videos viewed on YouTube daily, so many have the opportunity to expereince a wide variety of language. We learn about how others express themselves through language and in these videos. The thing that was most intruiging to me about all of the videos that I watched about YouTube was that we are all producers. We all have the opportunity to voice or show what we think or maybe just share our creativity with others, whereas before YouTube it was much more difficult to do so. With innovation comes criticism. Many love the fact that YouTube is innovating this new way for people to use language and express themselves in their own person way, while others look for the downside and flaws in new innovation. My personal opinion is that YouTube is amazing! I love it and think it is the greatest thing ever! Just like so many other useful tools in this world, it can have a downside. However, if we use it with the right intentions and steer clear of the negative side-- we'll be just fine.
BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE!
First off let me just say that all of those videos were really cool! I loved watching them. I wated "web2.0" 3 times. I, and alot of you, have said how texting has influenced language. And it has.. ALOT! Last week, my little 9 year old cousin said "OMG.." laughing was my reaction and no one even picked up on what I was laughing at. I guess "text talk" must be normal. I think technology is influencing language in many other ways. One of those ways is, I think, that people are so used to having technology right at their fingertips 24/7 (text, email, webinars, etc..) that there is "no use" verbally talking with someone. It is hard to say wheather it is language AND technology or language VS. technology. People cannot even have a 5 minute conversation (because that is all the time we have anyways) without being interrupted by a communication device of some sort. It can be bitter-sweet its either language or communication.. everyone just gets used to GO GO GO GO because thats all we learn. Tech-enhanced communication, to be 4 places at once.
..."I'll have a coffee and a side of Red Bull, because I'm very busy.
I've got TBD [too busy disorder] and
I'm late for yoga, hurry, hurry!"...... -ELLEN DEGENERES (Stand up, "Here and Now" check it out)
ps.. there was a part in the last youtube video when a big emotional man says, "You tube is not for fake stuff, it is for real stuff." come on people its the net..
..."I'll have a coffee and a side of Red Bull, because I'm very busy.
I've got TBD [too busy disorder] and
I'm late for yoga, hurry, hurry!"...... -ELLEN DEGENERES (Stand up, "Here and Now" check it out)
ps.. there was a part in the last youtube video when a big emotional man says, "You tube is not for fake stuff, it is for real stuff." come on people its the net..
I have never thought about You Tube as a massive website where communities are created. By watching these videos, it made me think that this medium is based on the same principle as a blogging; sharing a video record is the same as sharing a written text.
People who post videos create artistic pieces that represent their own or new identities. Technology enables people to hide behind it. As mentioned in video, it creates a shield that may cover the truth, the authenticity of author.
In what way does technology influence our language? The answer to this question is speculative. I think it opens new vista for language. It adds new words in our dictionaries and language become more interesting. On the other hand, an impact of new technologies on language has a weak point. By using technologies people become lazy to handwrite which decrease their ability to know the exact proper language.
A language used in these videos is very informal. I assume that a choice of language in videos or other blogs depends on what message/art the author want to send to the world. It depends on type of genre.
People who post videos create artistic pieces that represent their own or new identities. Technology enables people to hide behind it. As mentioned in video, it creates a shield that may cover the truth, the authenticity of author.
In what way does technology influence our language? The answer to this question is speculative. I think it opens new vista for language. It adds new words in our dictionaries and language become more interesting. On the other hand, an impact of new technologies on language has a weak point. By using technologies people become lazy to handwrite which decrease their ability to know the exact proper language.
A language used in these videos is very informal. I assume that a choice of language in videos or other blogs depends on what message/art the author want to send to the world. It depends on type of genre.
Language and Technology Blog
I just thought that it would best to list some of the technologies that everyone uses to communicate. It is interesting to see how many different ways we communicate with one another simply through all of these different types of mediums. These include but are not limited to:1. Computer software as a language authority (Spelling and grammar checking).
2.How we use telephones (Observing others making gestures while talking on the phone; experiencing a high/less amount of embarrassment or self-consciousness, compared to face-to-face conversations, Conference calls where there are three or more people talking on the same connection and of course ordering the wrong kind of pizza.)
3. Interaction by text messaging, previously mentioned in the blog. How it has become popular through advancements in technology.
4. Radio and TV. One-to-one communication (texting) VS. One-to-many (YouTube, TV, Radio).
5. Web cam. Once again the YouTube phenomenon is a good example of this.
6. Websites. Certainly one of the most influential forms of communication mediums out there today.
7. Transportation. Being mobile allows for the use of assimilating different languages (Spoken and Non-verbal body language).
8. Games. World of warcraft (multi-player games).
Even though these are just a few things we can see happening today and if technology is a means to extend man's reach, then it is necessarily connected to language, in the sense that both natural languages and technologies will be important in enabling us to do all sorts of things in almost any area of human activity. For example, we use aeroplanes to fly people and goods around the world. And we try to make this safer and more efficient by developing an air-traffic control system. That's language and technology working together for the common good. (And English is the language used in that system globally.)
Culture of YouTube/Lagoon's Rock U2 The Top 2007 -
I found the videos about You Tube insightful. I never new that it was one of the top websites used. I rarely use it and didn't realize it has created such an impact. I think it's great that this class is introducing me to many mediums through which we communicate. Unless pointed out to me, I otherwise would not have thought about the structure for which You Tube is set up and how this can frame what you watch and find entertaining. I think it's a great tool to use to connect with other people around the globe. You can be yourself or "someone else" in a casual manner, and express just about anything.Not only are personal videos posted but ones for tv shows and so on. My brothers are on You Tube. I think they are the main reason I've gotten on it. I've added one of my brother's entertainment videos. It's just fun to watch. I also think it's great that there are things on You Tube tailored for just about anyone. It's a way the "common folk" can be famous within their own comfort zone. No structure or rules to follow. Although if you think about, it does have rules of its own, even if they are not so constricting, you still have to respect You Tube's mission. When the Anthropology students were studying You Tube as a "culture", that struck. I would never have thought of it as a culture. And yet it does provide a function for humanity and is a means of art and forms emotions and feelings of its own.
If not art, then what?
I just finished watching "The Machine is Us/ing Us", and it struck me as both poignant and profound. Every day on the net we all get beat over the head with terms with "Web 2.0" until they appear to lose all meaning. But at the same time, change is coming, has already come, and though it may perhaps seem anomalous and impossible to quantify--much like the net itself--this fellow Michael Wesch at Kansas State seems to have a bit of a handle on it, and is willing to share... but that isn't exactly what I want to talk about right now.
I wonder, in the process of creating that video, did Wesch achieve anything more than a simple transmission of a few ideas, more than just a primer or introduction to some new technologies and how they are reshaping language and communication?
I am inclined to think so. In fact, I am compelled to think so. That video was art. It was exceptional, expressive art, surprisingly for some of the same reasons a great piece of literature is. It informs, edifies, and has aesthetic value and merit. The composition and connection of the message to the message medium as well as the ebb and flow of its elegant pacing, in conjunction with the music selection secures my conviction that his work deserves something more than to be categorized as merely "informational." If not art, then what?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Why Do You "Tube"?
The comments of YouTube users in response to Reasons "Why We Tube" by Seiji Ikeda were interesting! Seiji found that 61% of responders said they "Tube" as a way to connect with others. It's interesting that they "connect" with others through YouTube (watching and posting videos - no direct human interaction) rather that going to a park or cafe and talking to someone and actually interacting.
Perhaps what draws people to use YouTube to connect is the ability to say what you want without interruptions. Or, as a few of those who responded brought up, you can watch someone on YouTube without worrying about any social taboos, like staring at someone for too long and creating an awkward moment. YouTube is also a unique place to go to "connect" with other people because you don't know if what someone posts is authentic or staged. I think the entertainment factor plays a large role in the reason people are so drawn to YouTube. So did "Tubing" have an impact on the language these people used? What I noticed was that the language in the posts was very casual and familiar. Even though these people had no idea who would be watching their videos almost all of them talked as if they were talking to a buddy or small group of friends. They were very informal. YouTube seemed to allow them to toss out the need to dress up what they wanted to say, they were able to just comfortably say it. I liked how straightforward they all were.
I think Seiji had the right idea, to actually use YouTube as a way to learn about it. If we want to understand a technology, or its possible implications, we need to use it!
Perhaps what draws people to use YouTube to connect is the ability to say what you want without interruptions. Or, as a few of those who responded brought up, you can watch someone on YouTube without worrying about any social taboos, like staring at someone for too long and creating an awkward moment. YouTube is also a unique place to go to "connect" with other people because you don't know if what someone posts is authentic or staged. I think the entertainment factor plays a large role in the reason people are so drawn to YouTube. So did "Tubing" have an impact on the language these people used? What I noticed was that the language in the posts was very casual and familiar. Even though these people had no idea who would be watching their videos almost all of them talked as if they were talking to a buddy or small group of friends. They were very informal. YouTube seemed to allow them to toss out the need to dress up what they wanted to say, they were able to just comfortably say it. I liked how straightforward they all were.
I think Seiji had the right idea, to actually use YouTube as a way to learn about it. If we want to understand a technology, or its possible implications, we need to use it!
Language and Technology
Texting has to be the first thing I see in how technology influences language in my own life. I even have caught some of my friends using some of the abreviations out loud in a person to person discussion. I have to say though, I really didn't realize how major the web and Youtube was till this class. In one of the digital ethnography clips a guy said we are all producers which at first I wasn't to sure of. But as the more I see through examples from class, not only can anyone put clips of themselves on the web, but also help in adding new words and phrases to the world language as in Wikipedia.
After watching the "Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us" clip I don't know if its just because I'm "new" to this tech filled linguist world, but I do kinda fear that technology may take over everything and leave it open for people to be more enticed to copy-write and such.
I think that "Authenticity on the Tube" was a pretty interesting video. It helps to show how much YouTube has become so important to our world. I remember hearing about the controversy over the "LonelyGirl15" blog a while ago, and thinking "who cares?!" The fact that SO many people cared about it was insane to me. The thing is... if that hadn't been a video series conjured up by a group of people trying to make names for themselves, something would have filled that void eventually.
Online groups such as myspace and YouTube have helped blur the lines of reality a little more than they had been previously. People still even talk about how staged some "reality" shows like Survivor are, but everything in life is staged to a certain degree.
The video "Web 2.0... the web is us/ing us," was a little too much for me. I think that the overall point of how intertwined our everyday lives are could have been expressed with a little less "all-over-the-place." It was interesting that it brought up how much easier it is to design webpages without being forced to use html, but it gave me a headache trying to figure out where to watch next.
Blog # 6
One of the things I love about the videos was how they could make you follow their train of thought, just by deleting a few letters and then adding some more on, only to add a few words and then delete a few letters again. (it was in machine is us/ing us, if you need a refresher- this one is also good). This is one of the things I love about word processing, is that you can write something and then modify it, reword it, copy and paste it how ever many times you want to, or delete it, in hardly any time at all-and nobody sees the junk that didn't make it into the final draft. It used to be that only a few privileged people were in the know about how essential and useful revising and editing is. Now revising is immediate, and second nature to almost anybody on the computer. It used to be that only those with money, privilege, and training could publish their thoughts, and they had the power. Now measly ol' little me is able to publish on this blog and make my voice heard, and even I have some power. That is cool!
So what about those without a portion of privilege or money? They deserve the power too! I think it's is the responsibility of those with the privilege to help others get the education they need to participate. We need to share the privilege, however we can.
If word processing revolutionized how we write, then what has the internet done? it has influenced the means, the convenience, the very purposes of writing. Writing isn't the important thing anymore, communication is. People are communicating whatever they want, however they want and anybody can take part. Cool huh?
"the reason youtube has done so well is because it wasn't selling a product, it was selling a community" (from one of the videos)
So what about those without a portion of privilege or money? They deserve the power too! I think it's is the responsibility of those with the privilege to help others get the education they need to participate. We need to share the privilege, however we can.
If word processing revolutionized how we write, then what has the internet done? it has influenced the means, the convenience, the very purposes of writing. Writing isn't the important thing anymore, communication is. People are communicating whatever they want, however they want and anybody can take part. Cool huh?
"the reason youtube has done so well is because it wasn't selling a product, it was selling a community" (from one of the videos)
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Technology and youtube
I found these four videos that I have just watched to be very interesting. I never knew really about how YouTube had come to be such a huge success on the web for those who are just amitures who can post whatever they want whenever they want on the web for billions to watch over the web. how three average men could do that and have it become a huge success in such a limited amount of time is just totally amazing. It just goes to show how much of an impact technology has on ordinary people everyday, especially if you find out that what you are watching has been a lie and set up. In the situation with the set up in the vieo blogs of the supposed "lonelygirl15" blogs, as soon as the word went out that the blog was an act that was set up with actors and and a director that was over everything that was going on was all fake and made up, it made the media and the public crazy. Honesty is the best policy for putting something on the internet.
In the YouTube video about the web 2.0, I found cool because of the interesting and cool ways that technology was used to portray what was said without verbally saying anything. It just tells me that we all don't have to verbally say things in some situations, technology says it all. Which means that technology definately rules!!!!! We need to watch more and not nessacarily listen all the time.
Here is a link to a webpage that I just happened upon that gives intructions on how to get a powerpoint that you have made onto YouYube and can be shown as a video. I just thought it very interesting since we have been talking in class the ways that powerpoint can be a good technology if it is used correctly. Now just imagine your powerpoint on YouTube! Amazing the power that you would have. Great huh!
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In the YouTube video about the web 2.0, I found cool because of the interesting and cool ways that technology was used to portray what was said without verbally saying anything. It just tells me that we all don't have to verbally say things in some situations, technology says it all. Which means that technology definately rules!!!!! We need to watch more and not nessacarily listen all the time.
Here is a link to a webpage that I just happened upon that gives intructions on how to get a powerpoint that you have made onto YouYube and can be shown as a video. I just thought it very interesting since we have been talking in class the ways that powerpoint can be a good technology if it is used correctly. Now just imagine your powerpoint on YouTube! Amazing the power that you would have. Great huh!
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See/ technology
Websites like youtube influence our culture really by connecting people in a different way on the internet. You watch peoples videos and make your own and so you watch other lives and things going on and you learn about it. In terms of language, watching these videos can teach you about other dialects and things. With the evolution of technology everything is becoming easier. Language is easier, it's easier to communicate over video. Everyone just says what they want and how they want in videos and there is no spell check or anything and no proper grammar to speak in. In the Lonelygirl15 videos, a 16 yr old girl simply sat in her room and talked to the video camera. well i suppose the webcam. She didn't use any specific language, she just talked. I think that's how see technology influences language is that it makes language easier and quicker, and there are less rules if any.
Another interesting aspect was the history of youtube. The way it was created was crazy it was an idea that got huge. Now it's like taking over the world practically. Basically what this technology does is entertain people and give people a different and free way to express themselves and let others see. I think it is a good thing and i have to say youtube is very entertaining.
Another interesting aspect was the history of youtube. The way it was created was crazy it was an idea that got huge. Now it's like taking over the world practically. Basically what this technology does is entertain people and give people a different and free way to express themselves and let others see. I think it is a good thing and i have to say youtube is very entertaining.
Wikipedia article
I just wanted to share an article that was posted on MSN Slate today on Wikipedia and the way it is thriving. "Technology: The Future and What to Do About It". It discusses the in and outs of the administration. 'Web democracy', how hundreds of people contribute to the continuation of the making of Wikipedia and its influence on other web based bloggs etc. I urge you to check it out.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Comment on Poetry Slam
I just wanted to say that this poem was very provocative and illustrious. I thought it had many good points and not so good points. I could feel the intensity of the poem through the words and tonality of the speaker. For instance, the part when he mentions how they got up from the South to go to the North was very insightful to me. I felt pity towards the hardships that early African Americans had to endure because of racial inequalities. I think that this video/poem was very good because it speaks towards the African Americans of today telling them that they still have a voice, even if that voice has been dimmed by time.
I think the main objective in this particular scenario of the use of the "N" word was to stir up the audience to the understanding that the level of toleration for this word has become a nuisance to the African American community. Not only to them but perhaps to all who are subjected to this word in a negative way. One might conclude that the "N" word does not need to be in the Webster dictionary anymore. That racism among all people might be compared to this conformity is in and of itself inevitable if not elusive.
Many of us, including myself, seem to ignore the facts in today's society. The question of how long one can evade such an illusionistic thought is beyond me. There may or may not come a time when this illusion within society will be withdrawn altogether. The fact of the matter is that most people see things for what they are instead of seeing people. For instance, when I walk down the street and see a black police officer get out of his car he isn't just black to me, he's more than that. He is a human being just like me who has worked hard to become a police officer to serve and protect this country. He has developed within himself a love for what he does otherwise he would not do it. When I see people in this way my perspective on life is enlarged and I learn more about them, as well as myself, than I previously suspected. That is why this "N" word thing should be addressed so that society can move on to bigger and better things.
I just recently had the chance to Listen to the audio book of Jabari Asim's "The 'N' word." After listening to it I now feel a deeper understanding and appreciation of why not to use the "N" word. Before, I used to use it as a loose term among friends, but because of the historical implications for the use of the "N" word I now feel like deleting it from my vocabulary. It should not be a thing taken lightly.
I think the main objective in this particular scenario of the use of the "N" word was to stir up the audience to the understanding that the level of toleration for this word has become a nuisance to the African American community. Not only to them but perhaps to all who are subjected to this word in a negative way. One might conclude that the "N" word does not need to be in the Webster dictionary anymore. That racism among all people might be compared to this conformity is in and of itself inevitable if not elusive.
Many of us, including myself, seem to ignore the facts in today's society. The question of how long one can evade such an illusionistic thought is beyond me. There may or may not come a time when this illusion within society will be withdrawn altogether. The fact of the matter is that most people see things for what they are instead of seeing people. For instance, when I walk down the street and see a black police officer get out of his car he isn't just black to me, he's more than that. He is a human being just like me who has worked hard to become a police officer to serve and protect this country. He has developed within himself a love for what he does otherwise he would not do it. When I see people in this way my perspective on life is enlarged and I learn more about them, as well as myself, than I previously suspected. That is why this "N" word thing should be addressed so that society can move on to bigger and better things.
I just recently had the chance to Listen to the audio book of Jabari Asim's "The 'N' word." After listening to it I now feel a deeper understanding and appreciation of why not to use the "N" word. Before, I used to use it as a loose term among friends, but because of the historical implications for the use of the "N" word I now feel like deleting it from my vocabulary. It should not be a thing taken lightly.
Def Poetry - Julian Curry - Niggers Niggas & Niggaz
This video was sent out by a student in my 7am class; I wanted to make it available on the blog so we might comment on it and so my 9am class could watch it. This video adeptly use a very different genre, poetry slam, to get at the central issues we discussed on Monday.
I would encourage comments, questions and responses. A great way to make sure you get those extra blog points which are required of everyone. As you do comment, I would remind everyone, as this is a sensitive issue, to be respectful of different viewpoints, own your own ideas, and provide evidence or admit the lack thereof where appropriate.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Language and technology
I saw this ad on the television the other night and thought it went a long with the language and tech. discussion we have been having. It is a wireless company that capitalizes on the text messaging craze.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7wRxXTZK8
I especially liked the Grandma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb7wRxXTZK8
I especially liked the Grandma.
Friday, February 22, 2008
The New Technologies of the Word and technological linguistic advancement
I find interesting the parallels made from electronic writing to early conventional writing, and back to Socrates, where memory had a higher importance and Socrates warned against writing, as he feared that it would bring in a sort of intellectual decline, that people would rely more on writing and not their memory. He thought people would quit using their memory and become forgetful, and that written knowledge would become burdensome because people would have it without "proper instruction".
I see Socrates' thoughts on this as an appeal to authority. This written knowledge hasn't become burdensome at all, to the contrary it has allowed a very efficient and rapid transmission of knowledge. Humanity has through this also made a lot of technological advancements overall, more than what Socrates could have imagined, and also against a predicted decline.
But transitioning through the various communication mediums, this all demonstrates an amazing advancing evolution of our communication. Who knows what this will be many years from now. According to geneticists, human evolution is occurring now at a rapid rate (undergoing mutations at 100 times faster than previously), that may play a role in this process.
Electronic communication is by far the most high-tech form of communication brought so far by technological advancements. World-wide, English has taken a large impact on other languages, e.g. sometimes Germans communicating electronically may drop short English sentences and not only words. More common in written than spoken language. But we don't know how far this will cause changes. In France for example, there is a strong attempt to preserve the French language. A lot of effort to avoid, translate or co-translate English words into the French.
In regards to ageism, I can understand some of this phenomena pretty good. My mother may ask for help with the computer, which I can understand because she did not grow up in an era internet and computers and is less accustomed to it. So there is pressure on the older generations to learn and get accustomed to this newer stuff. Any one of us can and most likley will find themselves dealing with these kind of adjustments.
I see Socrates' thoughts on this as an appeal to authority. This written knowledge hasn't become burdensome at all, to the contrary it has allowed a very efficient and rapid transmission of knowledge. Humanity has through this also made a lot of technological advancements overall, more than what Socrates could have imagined, and also against a predicted decline.
But transitioning through the various communication mediums, this all demonstrates an amazing advancing evolution of our communication. Who knows what this will be many years from now. According to geneticists, human evolution is occurring now at a rapid rate (undergoing mutations at 100 times faster than previously), that may play a role in this process.
Electronic communication is by far the most high-tech form of communication brought so far by technological advancements. World-wide, English has taken a large impact on other languages, e.g. sometimes Germans communicating electronically may drop short English sentences and not only words. More common in written than spoken language. But we don't know how far this will cause changes. In France for example, there is a strong attempt to preserve the French language. A lot of effort to avoid, translate or co-translate English words into the French.
In regards to ageism, I can understand some of this phenomena pretty good. My mother may ask for help with the computer, which I can understand because she did not grow up in an era internet and computers and is less accustomed to it. So there is pressure on the older generations to learn and get accustomed to this newer stuff. Any one of us can and most likley will find themselves dealing with these kind of adjustments.
Dear Aunty Lyla
I have an aunt that loves to blog. My family has a family website to stay in touch with everyone. This allows us to get close to each other and have follow-up in the family. On the family website the ages vary from 12 year olds to 60 year olds. The website was started by the younger generation in the family. Later the parents joined in and started to participate into the conversations. The website has grown and created good ties as well as bad ties. When the older generation had discovered the site they became so involved in the family page. When something becomes to overwhelming the natural thing is to leave and find a new "home." Some of the places that we as the younger generation have used besides this family page is myspace, facebook, bebo, etc. Every new place that is found you are able to find my Aunt Lyla. My Aunt Lyla is known for entrances and her ability to stay longer than what is wanted. She believes in the saying, "my casa is your casa." Aunt Lyla is the person that you try to avoid at the family reunions along with her children. She tends to give those hugs that leaves you nosiated because her intense smell of perfume. Many of you know that aunt either you have one or you have seen it on television. Even though she lives in North Carolina she is able to create that aroma on the web. Her blogs are filled with that scent of annoyance that could cause one to gag. I might be over reacting but seeing Aunt Lyla on every website blogging her life stories away makes me sick. It would not surprise me if Aunt Lyla was on this blog...yikes!
Bloggers Beware-
Height: 5.6
Weight: 200 ibs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Reason-
This woman has been known to speak about diets about losing weight, endless stories about why her kids are better then yours, her life struggles, anything that can possibly drive you insane! The kid is just as annoying...beware!!!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Assignment #8
Spasoje Kulasevic
ENG 1050
7am class, Monday---Wednesday
Assignment #8 (part I)
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((blog #1))
i just searching through the blogger website, and this is very weird, happen to stumble upon a blog about a family getting a dog. Well, one of the strangest things i saw, was they had a poll question. The poll question is "How many weeks until Lucky is house trained?", and then there is the options to choose from. 4,5,8, or 2 weeks. The whole website is dedicated to the "whole", that's right, the WHOLE lifespan of the dog!!!!!!!!!!
Either they are really bored, or something else, wEiRd. Well anyways.
My reasoning with this example would be what prof Ron talked about today in class (02/20/08).Some blogs are centered around only a specific number of people, and that for this case would happen to be. Only family members and real close family friends would only know when the dog is house trained. Unless u know those people, your excluded out of the blog. U could try to get it, It might work if u have a dog also, but if u don't, ur out of luck.
(on this blog, there was no really interesting comments)
It only had 3 comments overall!!! "Welcome home, Lucky", "This is a great pic!"---- which supposedly the dog said, ahh-um, yea right, and the last one, "kibbles and bits"---- which was written by an anonymous person. Which i am guessing would be someone in the family, who wrote it.
(psst, if anyone is interested in this weird blog, here it is, the link>>>>>>>
( http://luckykane.blogspot.com/)
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(( blog #2)) (Well , my 1st one is more of a sham, that's why im doing 2 of them, instead of one)
This last one, while on my journey, i stumbled on just vacation outings, spanish blogs, blogs about spanish actresses, asian blogs-- written in chinese or japanese, idk the difference, and i finally came to one that might compensate for my previous one. This one is about trendy house decor for condos and apartments, it also talked about managing floor space and other mambo-jumbo.
here is the link>>>>>>> http://designformula.blogspot.com/
This blog website was made to help people plan out their space by a designer who took her time and designed a blog. It helped people, here is what one person said, who's name is Kim said.
ENG 1050
7am class, Monday---Wednesday
Assignment #8 (part I)
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((blog #1))
i just searching through the blogger website, and this is very weird, happen to stumble upon a blog about a family getting a dog. Well, one of the strangest things i saw, was they had a poll question. The poll question is "How many weeks until Lucky is house trained?", and then there is the options to choose from. 4,5,8, or 2 weeks. The whole website is dedicated to the "whole", that's right, the WHOLE lifespan of the dog!!!!!!!!!!
Either they are really bored, or something else, wEiRd. Well anyways.
My reasoning with this example would be what prof Ron talked about today in class (02/20/08).Some blogs are centered around only a specific number of people, and that for this case would happen to be. Only family members and real close family friends would only know when the dog is house trained. Unless u know those people, your excluded out of the blog. U could try to get it, It might work if u have a dog also, but if u don't, ur out of luck.
(on this blog, there was no really interesting comments)
It only had 3 comments overall!!! "Welcome home, Lucky", "This is a great pic!"---- which supposedly the dog said, ahh-um, yea right, and the last one, "kibbles and bits"---- which was written by an anonymous person. Which i am guessing would be someone in the family, who wrote it.
(psst, if anyone is interested in this weird blog, here it is, the link>>>>>>>
( http://luckykane.blogspot.com/)
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(( blog #2)) (Well , my 1st one is more of a sham, that's why im doing 2 of them, instead of one)
This last one, while on my journey, i stumbled on just vacation outings, spanish blogs, blogs about spanish actresses, asian blogs-- written in chinese or japanese, idk the difference, and i finally came to one that might compensate for my previous one. This one is about trendy house decor for condos and apartments, it also talked about managing floor space and other mambo-jumbo.
here is the link>>>>>>> http://designformula.blogspot.com/
This blog website was made to help people plan out their space by a designer who took her time and designed a blog. It helped people, here is what one person said, who's name is Kim said.
"I found this via your apartment therapy post. *thank you* I've been searching for exactly this kind of information for weeks. Everyone talks about a unifying theme, be it frames, palette, or theme. But no one gets into the issue of working with a grid. Your diagrams are going to make my project so much easier. Thank you. thank you. thank you."
( the comment is about 80% down the page, its one of the 4 comments, the very 1st one to be exact)
I was surprised to actually see a blog on "how to improve" category. Most of the other blogs were ridiculous, pompous people and their wealth, and about random stuff, like who was in the movie "pebble creek".
Metaphoric Framing
I was reading the Trib today and found another framing metaphor said once again by good ol' Senator Buttars. It talks about his racial (and metaphoric framing) statment he put out last week, "This baby is black, I'll tell you. This is a dark, ugly thing...", about a bill and the NAACP is very frustrated. This new statement he said today is the icing on the cake for the last one. Since the NAACP is on his back so much, Buttars compares them to "a hate-lynch mob".
Nice framing Buttars, nice.
To read the whole story
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2691201
Nice framing Buttars, nice.
To read the whole story
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2691201
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Annotations of "The Bloggin Revolution" and "The Language of Blogs"
onanistic, the word did not say in wikipedia.
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Pontifical may refer to the Roman Pontifical, a Roman Catholic liturgical book used by a bishop.
huh??????
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Blogosphere is a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections. It is the perception that blogs exist together as a connected community (or as a collection of connected communities) or as a social network.
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Metrosexual is a neologism generally applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, and who display many of the lifestyle tendencies of stereotypically homosexual men.
(My own opinion): so its guys that dress like queers? am i in the ballpark or not? i think i am, anyone let me know if I'm wrong.
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like u suggested to use ron, i used wikipedia. wikipedia is the bomb!!!!!!!
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Means of production (abbreviated MoP; German: Produktionsmittel), is a marxist concept describing the combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
Means of labor include machines, tools, plant and equipment, infrastructure, and so on: "all those things with the aid of which man [sic] acts upon the subject of labor, and transforms it." (Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., 1957, p xiii). Those means of production participate in the process of exploiting labor for surplus value.[1] Subject of labor is the material worked on.
Means of production is sometimes confused with factors of production. The term factors of production is typically understood as an explanation for income as duly paid to owners of each means of production and also to the workers themselves within capitalism. By comparison, the term means of production applies to these means independent of their ownership and their compensation, and regardless of whether the mode of producing is capitalist, feudal, slave, group labor|communal or otherwise.
This term has been more simply described as the resources and apparatus by which goods and services are created. In an agrarian society it is the soil and the shovel, in an industrial society, it is the mines and the factories.
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democratic journalism did not also appear in wikipedia
Pontifical may refer to the Roman Pontifical, a Roman Catholic liturgical book used by a bishop.
huh??????
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Blogosphere is a collective term encompassing all blogs and their interconnections. It is the perception that blogs exist together as a connected community (or as a collection of connected communities) or as a social network.
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Metrosexual is a neologism generally applied to heterosexual men with a strong concern for their appearance, and who display many of the lifestyle tendencies of stereotypically homosexual men.
(My own opinion): so its guys that dress like queers? am i in the ballpark or not? i think i am, anyone let me know if I'm wrong.
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like u suggested to use ron, i used wikipedia. wikipedia is the bomb!!!!!!!
Monday, February 18, 2008
why eating sugar before bed is a bad idea...
My husband and I love a bowl of cereal while watching 10:00pm reruns of Seinfeld, but I've noticed this habit has had a strange effect on the quality (or lack of) of my dreams. Last night, my entire dream was about technology (and all the things that went wrong with it). I dreamt my purse had been stolen and that I later found it stashed away in a t-shirt store (interestingly, amongst burgundy Beefy-Tees, I don't know why). When I retrieved my purse, much to my horror, every technical device I own (which are ALL carried in my purse at all times) had been tampered with. My cell phone was stuck on the camera setting, permanently. My digital camera was stuck on playing videos (for some reason, it had to be The Princess Bride). My iPod was working only as a typewriter. I remember the awful panic that seized my body while I dreamt, my stomach was in a knot. I had no idea how I was going to get through my day. I dreaded opening my eyes. And then, suddenly, as the alarm clock sounded, I was free. Or was I? I am completely dependent on technology. And if I think I'm in a bad way, my husband is way past chronic.
I love the convenience of technology. Yes, I still love mailing cards and receiving cards in the mail, but with IMing, emailing, texting, podcasting, blogging, and all other communicating-with-technology words ending in -ing-, we're enabled to do things at lightening speed, unlike our Pony Expressing and telegramming ancestors. Yes, languange suffers because of it. And, well, so do relationships sometimes. But I'm a believer, willing to pay the price, and grateful to be surrounded by my beautiful techy things, which are working just fine today, thank you.
I love the convenience of technology. Yes, I still love mailing cards and receiving cards in the mail, but with IMing, emailing, texting, podcasting, blogging, and all other communicating-with-technology words ending in -ing-, we're enabled to do things at lightening speed, unlike our Pony Expressing and telegramming ancestors. Yes, languange suffers because of it. And, well, so do relationships sometimes. But I'm a believer, willing to pay the price, and grateful to be surrounded by my beautiful techy things, which are working just fine today, thank you.
Bog #5
I think technology is great but it has made us a little less formal. I was in St. George this past weekend and I recieved a text message to a good friends wedding, instead of the traditional invitation they decided to send out texts to the friends. It may have been a little tacky, and saved them some money but it just goes to show how far technology is starting to take over some of the most formal means of communication, like getting a letter invite to a wedding. Instead of asking for barbie dolls and matchbox cars my bros' kids who are under ten years old are asking for cell phones and computers. I think that we only have better days ahead with more gadgets and gizmos to come and maybe a lot of us think we are becoming less forma l and less social because we were raised a bit different but this what we have now and there is a good chance things wont return to the "old ways"
Technology
Sorry for the super-late post about technology!!!
I think it's kind of tragic how technology has taken over the world. There are many benefits we take from it, but if we look closer, there are also many downfalls. We're losing our ability to be patient, our ability to read and write "properly," and interpersonal relations suffer because it's easier to text message or shoot out an email than it is to make a phone call or meet in person and have a conversation. We're even forgoing actual class time in exchange for time spent conversing on a blog (not meant to point fingers).
Friday, February 15, 2008
For the love of technology
Technology is bad ass, I love it. I do see the issue with writing going out of style though, i think its too bad writing isn't all that importany anymore now since youcan just type everything. Interestingly enough i think adults are actually threatened by texting, like they are always saying "omg you kids text too much its not healthy" and im like hey at least we dont have our phones up to our ears all day. But really, technology is a good thing, a good advancement and it sure makes things a whole lot easier.
blog #5
i have to say that i did hear one time that do to technology we lose are thought processes this is because in an office setting if you get mad at someone you can seen a email without even thinking about what you should actually say. i feel that because of technology we do lose the more face to face conversations though i have to say that it helps with the paper work sorting for a lot of people and allows the information to be sent a lot faster to other companies allowing the companies to grow faster. i feel that things are not bad with the new technologies though i feel i might have more trouble with my grammar and punctuation due to the fact that i rely on the computer too much. i also say that it does help in allowing all of the future generations to be more in touch with other cultures. The new technology has also helped to further are medical field as well due to doctor over lines, and it helps in court rooms as well.
I love technology
I may not know how to use all of it, I still love technology. I love being able to do, home work and research, and stay in touch with friends with out even leaving the house. Texting is my primary form of comunication. If i'm going t be late for work, text my boss. If i need to bring up a sticky subject with a friend, keep a little distance, text 'em. But at the same time it has devalued normal conversation. No one really sits down to have a heart to heart any more.
Though i love technology, i still like the old ways. I like to send post cards and letters, i like to call my mom, and keep a journal (even if my journal entries usually get posted on my blog.)
I don't think that the advances that we have made are neccesarily bad, but we need to catch up to ourselves. Figure out how to use what we have just made properly. remember the rules of lanuage we have learned and apply them to the way we comunicate now.
Though i love technology, i still like the old ways. I like to send post cards and letters, i like to call my mom, and keep a journal (even if my journal entries usually get posted on my blog.)
I don't think that the advances that we have made are neccesarily bad, but we need to catch up to ourselves. Figure out how to use what we have just made properly. remember the rules of lanuage we have learned and apply them to the way we comunicate now.
New Ways of Communicating
After reading the article by Baron about all the new technologies that we use to communicate I realized that in the house right now ther
e are several of those ways being used. I looked around and my boyfriend was on the internet on his iphone, my little sister was instant messaging, my step sister was texting, and my step dad was on his cell phone.
I don’t think we realize how much the world has changed because of this growing technology. It wouldn't be possible to most of the things we do on a daily basis including posting a blog about new technologies and how they affect communicating. I still wonder how pe
ople ever went out on a Friday night without cell phones. You mean you actually had to make a plan and stick to it? What if something happened and you got a flat tire and no one knew where you were? Would the whole night be a bust? I am just happy I have my cell phone for emergencies and or course to call anyone whenever I want, wherever I am.
e are several of those ways being used. I looked around and my boyfriend was on the internet on his iphone, my little sister was instant messaging, my step sister was texting, and my step dad was on his cell phone.I don’t think we realize how much the world has changed because of this growing technology. It wouldn't be possible to most of the things we do on a daily basis including posting a blog about new technologies and how they affect communicating. I still wonder how pe
ople ever went out on a Friday night without cell phones. You mean you actually had to make a plan and stick to it? What if something happened and you got a flat tire and no one knew where you were? Would the whole night be a bust? I am just happy I have my cell phone for emergencies and or course to call anyone whenever I want, wherever I am. Literary Mode of Production
Reading The Critical Tradition edited by Richter their are views in Marxixt about the demands of soceity. Soceity can be related to those annoying iTune upgrades we all detest. The reason being technology has taken over soceity. A teacher once challenged her students to participate in a 48 hour technology fast. The only thing they were allowed to use was a land line phone and a car. The result was horrid and many students failed in the fast. Terry Eagleton had responded that their are different forms of literary. One of the many forms of literary inolves technology; all these forms of literature is known as the Literary Mode of Production (LMP). This mode would not exist without something known as the General Mode of Production (GMP). This GMP is a mode that means the economic production within ones soceity. The economic production within ones soceity are the demands of the people that resources provided in the envrionment. Technology has made a huge impact seeing that people can not live with out it. There are no rules outlining how far technology can go. This frightens me because we as a human race never meant for such a thing to take over us. The fact we can't live with out it to function is scary that our lives depend on this very thing. Instead of this thing evolving to us we evolved to it. Technology takes over literature. Literature are essays, documents, all forms of art, conversations, everything.
How the future of technology changes us
There are many different ways that technology has changed us. I still remember not even 5 years ago being a junior in high school and thinking of a cell phone as a luxury. Now everyone has a cell phone and use them constatly. It has been a good change in a few ways. we are able to be more mobile in whatever we do, whether it be business or school. We are now able to access the internet from our phones and even watch tv. This progression in technology amazes me. Texting has literally taken over kids lives. It has taken the world of communication to the next level. Kids dont talk as much as they text. The "text slang" has reuined the need for proper grammer and spelling.
Technology affects writing the same way it affects everything else. We jump upon whatever resources are the most avaliable and convinient. Especially with language as humans are very social with a growing need to communicate their deepest and most immediate thoughts. Hense, as Baron expressed, one of the benifits of all of this electronic communication is that nearly anyone can publish their thoughts and ideas for all the world to see by simply throwing it out into cyberspace. There's no putting it through a publisher who decides whether or not it's good enough for other people to read; all is eligable. I guess that's why blogs are so popular these days. You can publish your own diary for cheap.
I believe that all of this fear of corrupting the language is merely sentimentality and a fear of change. And I do not accuse, as I myself am guilty of this in every possible respect. The older ones embrace the old-fashoined methods because embedded in them are our memories and our history; our heritage and everything that has made us what we are today. Young ones embrace the new methods, hungry to make these memories and establish our own history-- and once this is done, and we are older, we will cling to the framework that made it so. And, of course, nobody likes change. After going through everything you've already gone through; to have so much experience elsewhere, and to feel you are now obligated to completely revise your way of thinking and living. To have to learn something seemingly so complicated, even though in truth it may not be complicated at all. It only seems so.
For a school assignment I purchased one of these speach-to-text programs. It was actually very efficient, marking punctuation, and spelling all words correctly save for one in one paragraph. I do not think that the written language would be lost to such things. We still write, we still have caligraphy, some still learn Greek and Latin, and it's simple to purchase and old-fashoined (but modern designed) pen and ink-bottle. It's been hundreds of years, and all is not lost. And anything we want to know is translated into whatever form of communication we currently have. The old oral stories were written down, then printed, then typed, and are now avaliable online. What does it matter how it is expressed so long as we understand?
And as for 'Amy's Answering Machine'... if I had a mother like that, leaving constant embarassing messages, I'd go on the witness protection program. I'd lose my mind; That's all I can say.
I believe that all of this fear of corrupting the language is merely sentimentality and a fear of change. And I do not accuse, as I myself am guilty of this in every possible respect. The older ones embrace the old-fashoined methods because embedded in them are our memories and our history; our heritage and everything that has made us what we are today. Young ones embrace the new methods, hungry to make these memories and establish our own history-- and once this is done, and we are older, we will cling to the framework that made it so. And, of course, nobody likes change. After going through everything you've already gone through; to have so much experience elsewhere, and to feel you are now obligated to completely revise your way of thinking and living. To have to learn something seemingly so complicated, even though in truth it may not be complicated at all. It only seems so.
For a school assignment I purchased one of these speach-to-text programs. It was actually very efficient, marking punctuation, and spelling all words correctly save for one in one paragraph. I do not think that the written language would be lost to such things. We still write, we still have caligraphy, some still learn Greek and Latin, and it's simple to purchase and old-fashoined (but modern designed) pen and ink-bottle. It's been hundreds of years, and all is not lost. And anything we want to know is translated into whatever form of communication we currently have. The old oral stories were written down, then printed, then typed, and are now avaliable online. What does it matter how it is expressed so long as we understand?
And as for 'Amy's Answering Machine'... if I had a mother like that, leaving constant embarassing messages, I'd go on the witness protection program. I'd lose my mind; That's all I can say.
Language and Technology
I am one of those people who, if they dont have their cell phone, feel socially naked. It seems that the day runs so smoothly with a cell phone, and so unorganized without one. I believe that technology directly affects how languages is used. If technology changes for the better I believe it should reflect in our everyday speech. However, I find that more often then not, it has the opposite effect. I know that with the technology today, my brothers have become lazy, in their actions and their speech. Technology has several benefits but we need to be ready for the changes and be ready to learn and advance. i enjoyed listening to Amy's mother; she reminds me of my grandma.
"How do ya have breakfast with no toast?!"
“I suggest you doing a little soul searching… cause’ to think you can have a so-called breakfast and totally ignore toast is just not normal”
Staggering in both its endearing sweetness and its bizarre,non-sequitur nature, “Amy's Answering Machine” is a great conversation starter. It’s easy to see why Ron chose it to jump start our discourse on technology’s impact on language and communication. It’s also possible make the argument that Ageism rears its ugly head in Amy’s “work” as well. Why isn’t Amy answering the phone? Or giving her mom the number to her cell? It’s certainly implied in the interview and a few others I read on Amy that she looks upon the answering machine as a blessing, a barrier that prevents her mom from “driving her crazy” all the time with the incessant phone calls. Perhaps it is a big jump to draw the corollary, but it bears mention that for all the lip service that technology is awarded for “bringing us together” and making human connection possible on a whole new scale, it does a great deal to keep us apart as well. More specifically, we often actively engage in the use of technology to isolate and separate ourselves from each other. Voicemail, email, SMS, EMS, IRC, IM and so on are all technologies which depersonalize and passively promote anonymity. Technology allows us to put a virtual wall around ourselves, a barrier we can choose to take down of course, but one that many seldom do. Another, even more ubiquitous example is digital audio players (DAP) such as the iPod or Zune. The small size, rapidly lowering cost and eminent portability of such devices allow virtually anyone to use such technology to block out the auditory sensory information all around them at will, another virtual wall separating us, not bringing us together, but keeping us apart.
Am I beginning to sound like Amy’s mom, worrying her daughter will swallow her new PDA? In my defense, I am no Luddite or technophobe. In fact, quite the opposite. I have openly embraced technology, making extensive use of several internet connected devices, a laptop and my iPhone daily. But all too often with any innovation or technological advancement, society is all too quick to laud the virtues and benefits inherent, with little or no attention paid to the potential salient disadvantages. I am simply attempting to play the devil’s advocate and hopefully provoke some push back and maybe a little “soul searching.” ^^
Technology
I believe that technology has greatly improved the understanding of individuals, in that they are more able to now express their own ideas as well as grasp what is fact and fiction among the many news reports of today. Also I have noticed that people are more able to record their own history and leave a mark on the world so that the world can remember them as they really were, anything from recounting stories in the form of mp3s to watching home videos changed to mpegs, it is all going digital now. Not only does new technology change the way we save ourselves(records) but it also changes the way we see language and use it. Text messaging is a good example as those who use it speak a sort of morse code to communicate between one another.
Technology and Writing
Have you ever forgotten your cell phone at home and gone all day without it? Five years ago this wouldn't have made much difference to me, but now, my cell phone is my lifeline. It is my connection to my husband, my family and my friends, my job. I'm one of those people that Barron mentions in his article The New Technologies of the World who doesn't even have a home phone, my husband and I just use our cell phones. On those days when I have forgotten my cell in the morning and gone without it all day I felt totally disconnected. I also missed the regular texts my husband and I send back and forth all day just to say hi and see what's up. (Even though I have a work phone, very few people outside of work have that number. Also, I don't bother memorizing phone numbers because they're all programmed into my cell phone). While I am not one that constantly wants to have the newest technological device, I have become heavily reliant on my cell phone and email is right behind it. Email is so easy to pull up at work (and home) to check on how everyone's doing and keep in touch in the middle of everyone's busy days. I think there are so many ways for us now to communicate with one another through technology - cell phones, email. texting etc. I think we should learn to use these resources for work and to keep in touch with family and associates. However, we ought to be more courteous with how we use them when we are in public. Barron talked about several situations of people using thier cell phones in public that were very inconsiderate of the people around. I think we all could be a bit more aware of who is around and keep our personal conversations more personal, but I love how I can keep in touch with whoever I want to no matter where I am. As a side note, I loved hearing Amy's messages from her mother, they were hilarious, but I can see why she lets the machine pick up a lot!
"As more people adopted the technology, they brought with them their conventional concerns. the converts to digital writing, like typists and pen-men before them, wanted to know how to do it right...."
"The old-timers clung to their lawlessness as a badge of authority. They were there first, after all: they invented the wheel. Newcomers asked silly questions like: should an email have a greeting?" And newcomers to the discoures show an inordinate fondness for spell-shecking."
When I read this, I laughed out loud! I have experienced being the newcomer: I worried about spell-checking, I didn't yet know how to type fast, and I accidentally put lots of stuff in caps. At the computer, I felt dumb with my friends. How interesting it is that with a new technology rules emerge from the chaos.
I am still new to blogging and i wonder if it shows. I don't know how informal I should be, nor how academic. Last time I posted a blog I had a huge headache, and was just forcing myself to get it done. At the time I remember reading everyone else's post and getting so frustrated. As a result I spent almost two hours composing and editing my post, so that when read, it would say exactly what I wanted it to say, make people think what I wanted it to make them think, be short and to-the-point, and interesting to all. How exhausting! I don't even know if it was worth it.
What an interesting medium blogs are. While its set up to be conversational, all the editing and 'rough stuff' conventions of writing still take place.
"The old-timers clung to their lawlessness as a badge of authority. They were there first, after all: they invented the wheel. Newcomers asked silly questions like: should an email have a greeting?" And newcomers to the discoures show an inordinate fondness for spell-shecking."
When I read this, I laughed out loud! I have experienced being the newcomer: I worried about spell-checking, I didn't yet know how to type fast, and I accidentally put lots of stuff in caps. At the computer, I felt dumb with my friends. How interesting it is that with a new technology rules emerge from the chaos.
I am still new to blogging and i wonder if it shows. I don't know how informal I should be, nor how academic. Last time I posted a blog I had a huge headache, and was just forcing myself to get it done. At the time I remember reading everyone else's post and getting so frustrated. As a result I spent almost two hours composing and editing my post, so that when read, it would say exactly what I wanted it to say, make people think what I wanted it to make them think, be short and to-the-point, and interesting to all. How exhausting! I don't even know if it was worth it.
What an interesting medium blogs are. While its set up to be conversational, all the editing and 'rough stuff' conventions of writing still take place.
The Shift of Language Thanks to Technology
Technology has had a definite impact on the changes in language. As a child the majority of my comic routine came from the language use of individuals in movies or television shows that I found to be amusing. If it weren't for technology I would have had to make up my own stuff from scratch and certainly wouldn't have had so much fun or as many laughs from my friends and family. But in all seriousness, because of the movies, television, the internet and cell phones/text messaging we have many fronts from which we can observe and mimic the use of language that we have noted in these various fashions. A new style of slang or a new slang word pops up nearly everyday through these uses of technology.
I really appreciated the comedy and concern that Amy's mom demonstates in the messages she leaves for her. Her concerns came from articles that she has read, friends that heard things and told her, etc. Technology has provided Amy's mom with information that causes her to worry and tell Amy about every little piece of information that she finds out.
Technology has become a very useful tool in aiding diverse peoples in expressing their views. For example the gay/lesbian community has expressed their demand for equality in gaining domestic partnership and other issues through news reports, internet sites, blogs posts, newspaper articles and so forth. This is an issue that honestly never would have left the ground whithout all of the technology helping this issue become apparent to the public. There are many other examples, I just decided to choose that one because I've seen newspaper articles, stories from the news and even a story on the MSN homepage regarding this issue all within the last two weeks or so.
I really appreciated the comedy and concern that Amy's mom demonstates in the messages she leaves for her. Her concerns came from articles that she has read, friends that heard things and told her, etc. Technology has provided Amy's mom with information that causes her to worry and tell Amy about every little piece of information that she finds out.
Technology has become a very useful tool in aiding diverse peoples in expressing their views. For example the gay/lesbian community has expressed their demand for equality in gaining domestic partnership and other issues through news reports, internet sites, blogs posts, newspaper articles and so forth. This is an issue that honestly never would have left the ground whithout all of the technology helping this issue become apparent to the public. There are many other examples, I just decided to choose that one because I've seen newspaper articles, stories from the news and even a story on the MSN homepage regarding this issue all within the last two weeks or so.
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What a blessing technology is in our lives. Which of us could go a whole week without our devices? It's even getting so common and user friendly that my grandma can email and text! Really she can! My Grandma! We couldn't go without these things, but at what cost. Socrates says that writing will be the death of language, but I'll go so far as to say that texting is the death of a dying art. Now days with email, answering machines and such we are better equipped to go a week without talking to an actual person than we are to go without our i-phones. I enjoyed the article Amy's answering machine that several people have already mentioned. I agree with you all that it paints a realistic picture and a feeling that is easy to relate to in this day and age. I don't condemn writing I don't even pretend to advocate perfect language/grammar/spelling in our quick techno communications, however I do believe that if we are to save language from it's last dying breath we have to find some way to practice it correctly to make up for all our shortcuts.
Technology
How does technology shape language and communication? The biggest influence technology has on communication is by providing a way to broadcast ones ideas to ever increasing numbers of people. When cavemen used the writing technology of rocks and berry juice to draw on the wall one man was able to share his ideas with everyone that passed through the same cave. As men later invented written words and then, through the years, printing presses a single mans influence went from hundreds to thousands. Jumping forward to today it is easy to see that even this blogg has the potential of being seen by millions of people all over the world. Of course there will always be people that object to the advances in technology because it is causing us to alter the abilities we have used in the past, but after all that has been gained by more people having access to mediums of communication is it realistic to lament that our cave painting abilities have been lost in exchange for world wide communication? Sure things are lost but, as with everything in life, we have gained things as well. It would seem that the people that object to the advances in communication do so because of the fear that their power over information will be diminished as new advances take hold. For example for many years religious leaders encouraged the members of their congregations to simply follow what they told them about the Bible rather then read it for them selves. As printed Bibles became more available it was possible for the members of the congregation's to read for them selves and begin to form their own ideas about religion. It seems that so far technology has become an equalizer of communication rather then a destroyer of it.
Technology taking over our lives.
"And finally, this one: I'm driving down a busy Chicago street when a man driving a shiny new Mercedes while talking on his cell phone pulls out of a parking lot and into my path. I slam on the brakes of my humble blue Corolla, narrowly avoiding his expensive bumper, and reflexively I show my annoyance by honking the horn. In turn, he shows his annoyance at having his conversation so rudely interrupted by raising aloft the hand in which he holds his phone, its antenna extended in a high-tech gesture of obscenity. In astonishment and glee my daughter cries out, "Hey, dad, that guy just gave you the phone." The occupants of our car dissolve in laughter, and a new family idiom is born: to give someone the phone."
Although I didn't agree much with the article by Dennis Baron or find any of it's information insightful I did get a good laugh out of the above paragraph. I do believe technology shapes how we communicate and I have personal proof about how it has affected me. I used to have nice cursive handwriting when I was younger but ever since teachers made a big push toward typed assignments my handwriting has gone down hill. It was easier to type and more fun to use different colors and clipart to write a school assignment. Now my writing is a mixed form of cursive and print, whichever form is the easiest and quickest to write for each letter. I even super-impose text over scanned documents if I have to fill in a form, just because I can change sizes and fit in more information quicker than writing it all out by hand.
I thought it was noteable to remember how we thought computers would change the amount of information in physical print form. It has proved to the contrary where at the touch of a button we can print out hundereds of pages, plenty of which we probably don't need, just because of the ease of reproducing the information.
The article and audio clip about Amila's mother was definately entertaining. It shows how one can be influenced or controled by the media and communication when they don't think for themselves. Amila on the receiving end is probably haunted by the ease through which her mother can get in contact with her. She even wished long distance calls were more expensive to distance herself a little more.
It's amazing how impossible it is to get away from communication. Jet Blue recently announced it will be providing wireless internet service on at least one jet-liner and if the experiment is successful they will roll it out through their whole fleet. Some people have commented that advances in technology like this, allowing people to work 24 hours a day, if they wish, is removing that necessary part of our lives where we need downtime to recuperate and let our minds rest. Pretty soon there won't be a part of the world you can escape to where there won't be an easy way to get fast communication from the farthest reaches of the globe.
Although I didn't agree much with the article by Dennis Baron or find any of it's information insightful I did get a good laugh out of the above paragraph. I do believe technology shapes how we communicate and I have personal proof about how it has affected me. I used to have nice cursive handwriting when I was younger but ever since teachers made a big push toward typed assignments my handwriting has gone down hill. It was easier to type and more fun to use different colors and clipart to write a school assignment. Now my writing is a mixed form of cursive and print, whichever form is the easiest and quickest to write for each letter. I even super-impose text over scanned documents if I have to fill in a form, just because I can change sizes and fit in more information quicker than writing it all out by hand.
I thought it was noteable to remember how we thought computers would change the amount of information in physical print form. It has proved to the contrary where at the touch of a button we can print out hundereds of pages, plenty of which we probably don't need, just because of the ease of reproducing the information.
The article and audio clip about Amila's mother was definately entertaining. It shows how one can be influenced or controled by the media and communication when they don't think for themselves. Amila on the receiving end is probably haunted by the ease through which her mother can get in contact with her. She even wished long distance calls were more expensive to distance herself a little more.
It's amazing how impossible it is to get away from communication. Jet Blue recently announced it will be providing wireless internet service on at least one jet-liner and if the experiment is successful they will roll it out through their whole fleet. Some people have commented that advances in technology like this, allowing people to work 24 hours a day, if they wish, is removing that necessary part of our lives where we need downtime to recuperate and let our minds rest. Pretty soon there won't be a part of the world you can escape to where there won't be an easy way to get fast communication from the farthest reaches of the globe.
Vanessa focused on text messaging in her post, and I really agreed with what she had to say. I think of two thing when I hear the word technology.... Texting (Phones), and Jet-Packs. I think the day is near when it will be against the law to text while jet-packing or flying (as opposed to texting while driving). This is good, and it is bad. I can homestly say it is breaking up language.. I always text "TOMO" instead of tomorrow, and I now say TOMO when I speak. The saddest part is, people understand me.
I agree with Socrates also and writing can kill language. Bosy language is very powerful, screaming and whispering and emotions are vital in conversation, but on the other side of the fence, isnt the world, especially America learning to be and becoming more detached for that. Most "successful" people have no heart, and technology is making it easier when we can constantly deal with problems over email, text, voicemail, etc.. The Humans Are Dead.
(Flight of the Conchords are the best thing thats ever happened to me, and their look on technology is ... mmm.... well here check it out!)
I agree with Socrates also and writing can kill language. Bosy language is very powerful, screaming and whispering and emotions are vital in conversation, but on the other side of the fence, isnt the world, especially America learning to be and becoming more detached for that. Most "successful" people have no heart, and technology is making it easier when we can constantly deal with problems over email, text, voicemail, etc.. The Humans Are Dead.
(Flight of the Conchords are the best thing thats ever happened to me, and their look on technology is ... mmm.... well here check it out!)
Technology
Technology has completely changed the way people communicate. With text messaging people have come up with universal words like LOL and everyone now understands them. My own personal experience is because of texting I now find myself using the word "cuz" instead of because. I even have used it in term papers which is somewhat embarrassing. In order to e-mail people have to use e-mail netiquette, which is the proper way to e-mail. For example if I was to e-mail someone something that says HI WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT? the person would assume I am shouting. Its crazy to think of how far our world has come with technology and all of the changes in everyday society
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Language and technology
I thought that the article called "Amy's answering machine," was the perfect example as to what it has meant for the development of technology and the building of new technologies that are beginning to show up as options to the public everyday. Take the phone for example, there are alot of us who do not even use a home phone anymore because of the go to go days, also because it can be less expensive. This reminds me of back in the days years ago when cell phones were coming out and they looked like bricks that people would carry around. Nowadays, there are many cell phones that are thin enough that people can fit them in their pockets and most of us aren't even aware that someone has one. This just goes to show everyone that language does have an impact on language and what people do everyday.
Another example is the computer. We have come from the days of the stone- aged computers that couldn't even run a whole megabyte to those that have many. There are some computers that you can even use as a palm pilot or organizer. There is such a demand for technology to keep up on the needs and wants of the general public, that there is a need for these type of devices. Language does have an impact on what technology and life.
I am having troubles getting the link for the specific picture that I wanted to add, so here is the link.
www.simonsays.com/.../book.cfm?tab=1&pid=413846
Another example is the computer. We have come from the days of the stone- aged computers that couldn't even run a whole megabyte to those that have many. There are some computers that you can even use as a palm pilot or organizer. There is such a demand for technology to keep up on the needs and wants of the general public, that there is a need for these type of devices. Language does have an impact on what technology and life.
I am having troubles getting the link for the specific picture that I wanted to add, so here is the link.
www.simonsays.com/.../book.cfm?tab=1&pid=413846
I didn't know I was singing
The "Amy's Answering Machine" article reminded me of a CD by the Sursiks called "I Didn't Know I was Singing." Here's a link to the CD with some samples (my 2 personal favorites are slashin' your own tires and hey gary this is kirsten) (warning: may contain some adult language)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/sursiks
The basic idea to the CD is that they gathered a bunch of answering machine messages and transformed them into songs. However, the voice isn't just talking over the song, but rather is the basis for the melody. It's interesting to listen to a sample, then re-listen to it and hear how musical the original message actually sounds.
The answering machine is really an interesting technology. It's like a one way conversation, or like a memo that you come up with and say on the fly. What this CD really shows is how expressive talking is when it's natural. I'm beginning to understand Socrates's anxiety that writing would be the death of language as he knew it, because although these people we hear on the CD aren't very eloquent (I always crack up when I hear, "and I never liked you ever, anyways!"), the rhythm, intonation, volume, and timbre of their voices show their mood and what they're talking about, regardless of the words.
What this CD demonstrates is how technology is used for an artistic endeavor. I remember the first time I heard this CD (to be fair, I don't own the CD, but I occasionally come back and listen to the samples when I'm bored), I felt I had a different view of the world. I listened differently to how people talked and said simple things, or how it would sound if I could isolate a weird noise somebody makes in the middle of a conversation that, in context, sounds perfectly normal. I guess that talking itself is a technology. Before spoken language, I suppose we relied on the old grunt n' smash to communicate. This CD takes multiple technologies (the spoken word, the answering machine, various musical tools, recording and editing devices) and helped at least me better realize the way in which people speak. I'd love to hear music like this, except made out of different languages, newscaster speech, an actual conversation, a public speech, a comedy routine, etc and see how differently (or similarly) they all would turn out.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/sursiks
The basic idea to the CD is that they gathered a bunch of answering machine messages and transformed them into songs. However, the voice isn't just talking over the song, but rather is the basis for the melody. It's interesting to listen to a sample, then re-listen to it and hear how musical the original message actually sounds.
The answering machine is really an interesting technology. It's like a one way conversation, or like a memo that you come up with and say on the fly. What this CD really shows is how expressive talking is when it's natural. I'm beginning to understand Socrates's anxiety that writing would be the death of language as he knew it, because although these people we hear on the CD aren't very eloquent (I always crack up when I hear, "and I never liked you ever, anyways!"), the rhythm, intonation, volume, and timbre of their voices show their mood and what they're talking about, regardless of the words.
What this CD demonstrates is how technology is used for an artistic endeavor. I remember the first time I heard this CD (to be fair, I don't own the CD, but I occasionally come back and listen to the samples when I'm bored), I felt I had a different view of the world. I listened differently to how people talked and said simple things, or how it would sound if I could isolate a weird noise somebody makes in the middle of a conversation that, in context, sounds perfectly normal. I guess that talking itself is a technology. Before spoken language, I suppose we relied on the old grunt n' smash to communicate. This CD takes multiple technologies (the spoken word, the answering machine, various musical tools, recording and editing devices) and helped at least me better realize the way in which people speak. I'd love to hear music like this, except made out of different languages, newscaster speech, an actual conversation, a public speech, a comedy routine, etc and see how differently (or similarly) they all would turn out.
Language and Technology
New adjustments in a language due to new technology create a problem of understanding especially for foreigners.
Back at school, in my country, I learned the traditional strict British English. I learned grammar, vocabulary but everything in old-fashioned way. Then, I came to the U.S. and I am totally lost in a maze of new expressions and shortcuts that do not make any sense to me. Technologies moved English to a different level. The textbooks I learned from when I was in High School are totally inapplicable today. Every new technology brings something new to language at the expanse of the old language. In business area, this is called an opportunity cost. You sacrifice one thing for another that you consider more useful. In other words, language looses that real contact with a person. For instance, through text message it is really hard to express your true feelings, but text messaging is useful, fast, and cheap way of communication.
The changes in language due to technology development looks like this:
Past – handwriting; more proper and whole sentences
Present - typing on laptops, space saving mostly formal way of communication through emails, messages, and phones
Future – a phone equals computer, just speaking automatic transference in to written form
Younger people better adapt to new technologies and thus better associate with language reforms, while older people have a hard time to understand these new approaches.
Back at school, in my country, I learned the traditional strict British English. I learned grammar, vocabulary but everything in old-fashioned way. Then, I came to the U.S. and I am totally lost in a maze of new expressions and shortcuts that do not make any sense to me. Technologies moved English to a different level. The textbooks I learned from when I was in High School are totally inapplicable today. Every new technology brings something new to language at the expanse of the old language. In business area, this is called an opportunity cost. You sacrifice one thing for another that you consider more useful. In other words, language looses that real contact with a person. For instance, through text message it is really hard to express your true feelings, but text messaging is useful, fast, and cheap way of communication.
The changes in language due to technology development looks like this:
Past – handwriting; more proper and whole sentences
Present - typing on laptops, space saving mostly formal way of communication through emails, messages, and phones
Future – a phone equals computer, just speaking automatic transference in to written form
Younger people better adapt to new technologies and thus better associate with language reforms, while older people have a hard time to understand these new approaches.
Technology of writing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-lt3vVA-4I&NR=1
Here is a fun and interesting way of how language (or music) has become popular in technology. The name of the girl is Julia Nunes and she has been able to express herself in her own language through songs using the internet to broadcast her music. Check it out.
Here is a fun and interesting way of how language (or music) has become popular in technology. The name of the girl is Julia Nunes and she has been able to express herself in her own language through songs using the internet to broadcast her music. Check it out.
Blog#5
Written by Spasoje Kulasevic. 7 am class of Ron's. ENG 2030
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How does technology shape language and communication?
Technology is a good thing and a bad thing also. An example of that, would be cell phones. Good for teens, takes off the dull-edge of any given class. Bad for teacher, because they cant teach w/ all that distraction. That's the only example of that i know.
Also, technology can take meanings out of emotions. Let's say a guy, makes a website, saying for a his fiance to marry him, she sees it, and thinks he is crazy. So she dont end up marrying him.
THat's just one of them. i could go on for hours, but who has the time.
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For different people to express themselves, is a very good thing. Like an example would be of my people, the Serbs. We love to show everything about ourselves to everyone that we know, and people that we don't know.
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How does technology shape language and communication?
Technology is a good thing and a bad thing also. An example of that, would be cell phones. Good for teens, takes off the dull-edge of any given class. Bad for teacher, because they cant teach w/ all that distraction. That's the only example of that i know.
Also, technology can take meanings out of emotions. Let's say a guy, makes a website, saying for a his fiance to marry him, she sees it, and thinks he is crazy. So she dont end up marrying him.
THat's just one of them. i could go on for hours, but who has the time.
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For different people to express themselves, is a very good thing. Like an example would be of my people, the Serbs. We love to show everything about ourselves to everyone that we know, and people that we don't know.
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Happy Valentines Day
Here is an explanation of Valentines Day. Its not a "lovy-dovy" day as people like of think of it. Its something else
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(source: wikipedia.org)
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Get this, people are so caught up in it, that on "google", it takes 0.07 seconds for 24.4 million sites to come up with the key words "valentines day". CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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here is a joke, that makes fun of fat loser's, i don't care Ron, I'm not being conservative in my talk or actions.
"Go ahead and Super Size - I found spare change in the sofa today. "
Here are some more valentine jokes:
EASY:
A term used to describe a woman who has the morals of a man.
IRRITATING HABIT:
What the endearing little qualities that initially attract two people to each other turn into after a few months together.
NYMPHOMANIAC:
A man's term for a woman who wants to have sex more than he does.
SOBER
A condition in which it is almost impossible to fall in love.
ATTRACTION:
The act of associating horniness with a particular person.
LOVE AT 1st SIGHT:
What occurs when two extremely horny, but not entirely choosy people meet.
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NO, I WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM ALL THESE JOKES AND LITTLE BIT OF DEGRADING REMARKS
I never make fun of people for their race or religion, just on their behavior, age,sex,masculinity/femininity, and sexual orientation (sometimes on sexual orientation)
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Happy V-day for all people of all kinds
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Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. In North America and Europe, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. Some of the valentine symbols include red roses, love knots, love birds.
History of Valentines Day
Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. Until 1969, the Catholic Church formally recognized eleven Valentine's Days. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae). Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who suffered martyrdom about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. His relics are at the Church of Saint Praxed in Rome.[1] and at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland. Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been killed during the persecution of Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino). The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of 14 February. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him. Some sources say the Valentine linked to romance is Valentine of Rome, others say Valentine of Terni.[citation needed] Some scholars (such as the Bollandists[citation needed]) have concluded that the two were originally the same person. In any case, no romantic elements are present in the original Early Medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. An overview of attested traditions relevant to the holiday is presented below, with the legends about Valentine himself discussed in the end.History of Valentines Day
(source: wikipedia.org)
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Get this, people are so caught up in it, that on "google", it takes 0.07 seconds for 24.4 million sites to come up with the key words "valentines day". CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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here is a joke, that makes fun of fat loser's, i don't care Ron, I'm not being conservative in my talk or actions.
"Go ahead and Super Size - I found spare change in the sofa today. "
Here are some more valentine jokes:
Dictionary of dating
EASY:
A term used to describe a woman who has the morals of a man.
IRRITATING HABIT:
What the endearing little qualities that initially attract two people to each other turn into after a few months together.
NYMPHOMANIAC:
A man's term for a woman who wants to have sex more than he does.
SOBER
A condition in which it is almost impossible to fall in love.
ATTRACTION:
The act of associating horniness with a particular person.
LOVE AT 1st SIGHT:
What occurs when two extremely horny, but not entirely choosy people meet.
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NO, I WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM ALL THESE JOKES AND LITTLE BIT OF DEGRADING REMARKS
I never make fun of people for their race or religion, just on their behavior, age,sex,masculinity/femininity, and sexual orientation (sometimes on sexual orientation)
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Happy V-day for all people of all kinds
language and technology
Text messaging is the technology that gets me the most. I love it and I hate it. Many times I start to text someone or we are texting back and forth and then eventually just call them up. I enjoy talking with someone and hearing their voice, plus it's easier to express how I feel and I can do it more quickly and effectively. Also, I don't know all the text idioms so many times I get lost in the text that I'm reading. It takes me awhile to catch on. It's fun though.
Being able to use different rhealms of communication adds variety and in a way, I think you get more familiar with the modern english language. If you don't catch up with technology than you just might not catch up with the changes in language itself. I thought it funny how in Baron's piece, the mention of how e-mail started out in a sort of rebellion. Those who wanted to use conventionality in the e-mails did not get a positive response. E-mail with its rebellious use of the language has now formed rules that though not really conventional, they are, in their own context.
On Wednesday in class when we talked about "framing," I realized that the different avenues of technology that we use to get our thoughts across, frame what we have to say. I would never voice anything really serious in an e-mail, that's reserved for fun stuff. If I want to say something with depth and reall meaning I'll call someone up or talk to them face to face. You cannot recieve non verbal cues from paper or text messaging.
Being able to use different rhealms of communication adds variety and in a way, I think you get more familiar with the modern english language. If you don't catch up with technology than you just might not catch up with the changes in language itself. I thought it funny how in Baron's piece, the mention of how e-mail started out in a sort of rebellion. Those who wanted to use conventionality in the e-mails did not get a positive response. E-mail with its rebellious use of the language has now formed rules that though not really conventional, they are, in their own context.
On Wednesday in class when we talked about "framing," I realized that the different avenues of technology that we use to get our thoughts across, frame what we have to say. I would never voice anything really serious in an e-mail, that's reserved for fun stuff. If I want to say something with depth and reall meaning I'll call someone up or talk to them face to face. You cannot recieve non verbal cues from paper or text messaging.
Technology Shaping Communication
I have to say at first I wasn't to excited about this whole 'blog' I was introduced to when starting this class. But as we go forth in the semester I have realized it is more affective to get my point across. I'm not the type of person that would just speak up and comment on class unless called on, but on this blog page thing I feel more at ease to express my views. Although I'm still trying to learn how to use the damn thing, its all gravy.
The ability to text these days are huge in shaping communication because you could take a spoken 10 min conversation and compact it to 5-10 text messages back and forth. I even have this friend that her and her family have texted conversations with each other when they are in the same house together! Sometimes though I feel I miss the connection you get when just hearing the voice on the other end of the telephone. And take the phone. What great technology that is! Just having to transcribe a the conversation in class was so difficult because I felt I couldn't get the excitement out in words. When on the phone the other person can hear all the laughter.
This also brings back the descriptive and prescriptive essay we read before. The Prescriptivist thinks technology is starting to be the down fall to the English language for the grammar tends to go out the window in e-mails and such. I agree with Descriptivists because technology is an open door to a new world of possibilities of ways to communicate. From the abreviations like 'lol' to =D.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Visual Metaphors
The image represented here gives the symbolism of freedom in the background as the American Flag and bald eagles ride a cloud in the sky. However, the foreground shows a weapon of war, an F-15 fighter jet. Freedom seems to be tainted in this visual metaphor due to the fact that it is in the background instead of the foreground. The illusion of this image reveals that one cannot have freedom without using weapons to sustain that freedom. The fact that the fighter jet is foremost portrays America as a nation of so-called "Freedom-Fighters." Certainly, Amercia has had its hardships, but is their still a need to classify its patriotism as a form of weaponry?
If the military of America is considered by most people to be the symbol of freedom then so be it. Patriotism and freedom, in my book, should be viewed nuetrally, without war. This illustration is seemingly leaning towards freedom but then redirects its focus on taking military action in hopes of making a statement in behalf of patriotism and freedom. In other words, one does not have to look very far to consider their stance in society. Still, from a different point of view, flying a fighter jet may provide the sensation of being free in the air among the cloulds. However, it may not necessarily provide the same sensations as patriotism and freedom.
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