after an entertaining term in the grips of media sociology for many of us, with occasional forays into the world of ebooks, I am interested to see what becomes of the iPad. An interesting clip:
I am interested to see if this does spark a whole new way of reading. I think if it is going to do better than the Kindle-y type of thing, they are going to have to start dealing with issues of copyright and ownership which have remained bleak for the average reader in the amazon. Although the apps are just awesome, I want to know that what I buy is not going to be taken back at the whim of a larger corporate interest, or some censorship debacle. But hey, if I could afford this...Additionally, how will this shape consumption? Whereas the Internet has broken the cycle of mass media (again) with user generated content, the iPad seems to return to the older "arts" of "passive" reading, although you can update and share, really long texts etc. are not the idea...As for advertising etc etc...
One medium which could get a real boost is the Newspaper? Maybe? thoughts?
Found this very concise MLA style guide that has examples of most of the Works Cited entries. Probably will not solve all problems but at least it's a small help to the rrrreally complex world of the MLA Style! It has an updated version of the 7th (2009) edition of the MLA!
I think this is an excellent video about how the media is shifting. Shirky uses a similar model of understanding media to that of the circuit of culture. What does this tell us about Media Sociology? Do you think that what he is saying is very different to how media works? What I find is that although his ideas take the circuit a step further, he still holds to a traditional idea that media has, till now, promoted a discourse or set of discourses which have been unquestioningly taken up by the general population/ audience. As we know from reception studies, people have been producers of meaning for a lot longer, although his point about the interaction within the audience community is probably the mitigating factor here. What do you think?
Hi people, found a new blog I would like to share which has a lot of great media insights, and wonderful photos: The Kisseloff Collection
Also a link to a New Yorker article about tv which is just peachy. The writer is Jeff Kisseloff, and he has written a number of books about media/tv...
