Artifact #8
http://tsg332.blogspot.com/2011/03/artifact-8.html
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Artifact #9
http://tsg332.blogspot.com/2011/04/artifact-9.html
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Artifact #10
http://tsg332.blogspot.com/2011/04/artifact-10.html
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Artifact #10
Out There in the Dark, All Alone
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/the-24-hour-movie-and-digital-technology.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
The article Out There in the Dark, All Alone is describing how different it is in watching movies now days. It starts off by telling how much of a change in the number of people that actually go to the movie theaters now. The author describes a conversation that they had with a reader about how they numbers cant really be looked at as being the same because of how the people use to go the same movie over and over back in the day and now you can see it once in the movies and multiple times at your house. Then it talks about how the way we watch movies are completely different because of all of the new ways we can watch them because of the advancement of technology. Back in the day you would have to go to the movie theaters to see a movie and now you can stream it through your computer or even your phone. Next, it describes how watching a movie use to be social thing and something that you do with many other people which is different now because many people watch them by them selves. Also, watching a movie was something that showed new worlds to a large group of people. The author said that watching movies could have also lost its lust because you can do it anywhere and whenever you would choose to do so. Even though technology has made the picture of movies better, it may have changed the way that people look at them.
I agree that the way people watch movies has changed dramatically because of the advancement of technology and how it has changed our society. I think that most movie watchers do it in the warmth of their own home, and I don’t think that it has hurt the way we look at them, but it has changed it in a way. In our society now days we want everything right now and at our finger tips, which is why most movies are able to be downloaded or streamed though our computers or phones. More people are not going to the theaters because it is becoming more and more expensive, and with how the economy is going now days, every penny you can save the better. In my own life experience I only have gone to the theater a small number of times, and the most time when I went was when I was younger, because all of my friends would go. Now, we watch movies at someone’s house because it is much more convenient and affordable. I do not believe that the movie is becoming less important or special, it is only becoming easier to watch, which has positive and negative effects. I don’t see it going back to how it was back in the 40s because of the technology advances that we have had in the last few decades. This will probably be the demise of movie theaters, but I think that it will take a very long time because no matter what, people will want to watch movies because of the excitement that it gives them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/movies/the-24-hour-movie-and-digital-technology.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
The article Out There in the Dark, All Alone is describing how different it is in watching movies now days. It starts off by telling how much of a change in the number of people that actually go to the movie theaters now. The author describes a conversation that they had with a reader about how they numbers cant really be looked at as being the same because of how the people use to go the same movie over and over back in the day and now you can see it once in the movies and multiple times at your house. Then it talks about how the way we watch movies are completely different because of all of the new ways we can watch them because of the advancement of technology. Back in the day you would have to go to the movie theaters to see a movie and now you can stream it through your computer or even your phone. Next, it describes how watching a movie use to be social thing and something that you do with many other people which is different now because many people watch them by them selves. Also, watching a movie was something that showed new worlds to a large group of people. The author said that watching movies could have also lost its lust because you can do it anywhere and whenever you would choose to do so. Even though technology has made the picture of movies better, it may have changed the way that people look at them.
I agree that the way people watch movies has changed dramatically because of the advancement of technology and how it has changed our society. I think that most movie watchers do it in the warmth of their own home, and I don’t think that it has hurt the way we look at them, but it has changed it in a way. In our society now days we want everything right now and at our finger tips, which is why most movies are able to be downloaded or streamed though our computers or phones. More people are not going to the theaters because it is becoming more and more expensive, and with how the economy is going now days, every penny you can save the better. In my own life experience I only have gone to the theater a small number of times, and the most time when I went was when I was younger, because all of my friends would go. Now, we watch movies at someone’s house because it is much more convenient and affordable. I do not believe that the movie is becoming less important or special, it is only becoming easier to watch, which has positive and negative effects. I don’t see it going back to how it was back in the 40s because of the technology advances that we have had in the last few decades. This will probably be the demise of movie theaters, but I think that it will take a very long time because no matter what, people will want to watch movies because of the excitement that it gives them.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Artifact #9
This artifact comes out of the New York Times, which makes me feel like it has to be about something that is truthful and more professional that I am use to. It is called the Spirit of Sharing, and is out of the Museum section of the paper. It is about the websites that the museums are using and how they have grown rapidly by how they are used and what exactly is on them. It starts off by telling a little bit about Shelly Bernstein, who works at the Brooklyn Museum, because she is a major part of why that museum is able to be so electronically based. She looks to see how the museum is looked at by many sites on the web. It says that a few years ago all of the museums websites were very boring and just gave out the basic information, but now they are interactive and make the people that visit the site feel more involved with what goes on with the museum because they are able to give feed back. With these new things that the websites are doing make them more popular, a large number of people go to these websites because they are not able to go see the real thing, which is good for many people around the world. The article also points out that some of the things that are popular right now might not be in a few years, and an example was Twitter, which they call a fad. Also, with the new Facebook pages that the museums have they can interact with the followers more, and one example of this is the Date Night for Valentines Days that they set up. They believe that because of all of the followers and the likes they get, all of this new technologies are great for the museums
I think that using social networking sites for any business is a good idea these days because there is a large number of people that use them and could potentially have interests in those businesses, so I don’t see how it could be a bad idea for museums to do this as well. This will most likely get more people to come to the museums, which is the ultimate goal for them. Also, making a website look good and be interactive is crucial these days. A lot of the younger generation do not want to look at anything boring, and if they see that a website is boring they would most likely thing that the actual place is boring also. All of this is really about just trying to connect and interact with the largest amount of people that they can, because this will help with business. To survive these days, you must be involved with technology in some shape or form because that is what our society bases everything on. Sooner or later you will be able to see anything in the world that you want to on a website of some sort, and this could be considered a good or a bad thing, but it seems unstoppable at this point so you must learn to live with it and embrace it.
I think that using social networking sites for any business is a good idea these days because there is a large number of people that use them and could potentially have interests in those businesses, so I don’t see how it could be a bad idea for museums to do this as well. This will most likely get more people to come to the museums, which is the ultimate goal for them. Also, making a website look good and be interactive is crucial these days. A lot of the younger generation do not want to look at anything boring, and if they see that a website is boring they would most likely thing that the actual place is boring also. All of this is really about just trying to connect and interact with the largest amount of people that they can, because this will help with business. To survive these days, you must be involved with technology in some shape or form because that is what our society bases everything on. Sooner or later you will be able to see anything in the world that you want to on a website of some sort, and this could be considered a good or a bad thing, but it seems unstoppable at this point so you must learn to live with it and embrace it.
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