Media in the future

I think that through my newly developed skills, I have become more well rounded in the media. When I first entered the class, I honestly didn't think I would not be able to do half the assignments that were given. I had never wrote a blog until I entered the class and if you asked me what a podcast before entering the class, I fear what my answer what have actually been. I believe that with my newly developed skills, I am able to appreciate the media more. I now realize the amount of work that goes into every production, rather it be on the web or through cable. I am also able to tell the difference between a good production and a sub par production.

Video.

The video I will be using comes from my nephew who is actually doing a step done by my fraternity. The video works in really well with my theme because my page is pretty much dedicated to the social aspects of my Fraternity. My brother and I actually showed my nephew how to do the step and he amazes people in my Fraternity all the time when they see the video.

EFF

I disagree with Electronic Frontier Foundation. I do not believe that digitalized expression makes tradition copyright irrelevant. Though digitalized expression is very convenient and may replace the tradition means copyrighting materials, it does not make the previous methods irrelevant. The current copyright method protects the publisher of a work for the life of the publisher and 70 years. digitalized expression would allow the copyrighting of materials obviously more organized but not making previous methods irrelevant.

Invictus

My podcast will be of me reciting the poem "Invictus." Invictus is a poem written by William Ernest Henley in 1875. The poem is a very self empowering poem and is a poem that I learned will going through my process of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.



Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole to pole
I thank whatever Gods, may be for my unconquerable soul
In the fell cluth of circumstance
I have not winched nor cried aloud
Under the bludgeons of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade
And yet in the meance of the years
Finds, and shall find me unafraid
It matters not how straight the gate
How charged with punishment the scroll
I am the mast of my fate
I am the captain of my soul.

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The Media

"The Machine is Us/ing Us, illustrates views of us a society becoming weak and inferior because we rely so much on technology. It kinda reminded me of the movie I,Robot, in which the community relied so much on the robots that in the end, the robots turned on the humans and pretty much held them captive. It speaks of a society who has handicapped itself without knowing it by relying so heavily on technology.

Podcast

http://mysportsradio.com/?p=4111
Of course the podcast I selected is about sports. It is pretty much about my Boston Red Sox's and showing that one of the most underrated players is actually the one who is the MVP for the team right now.

Remediation

When looking at the communication of the web. There are a lot of strengths and weaknesses. Some of the strengths would be the availability and amount of sources for the user. The user has the ability to find sources rapidly and the ability to communicate amongst users. The amount of new media is also a strength. Updated information allows the user to not have to look up outdated information. One of the weaknesses of the communication of the web would be outdated material. There are occasions when material is well outdated but because the web is unmanageable, there is no way of personally removing the old material if you are not the one who published the work.