Chapter 2

1. I think Steve Jobs has become a monopoly.  He has created such a name for himself, that when anyone sees that logo people immediately know what brand it is.  The brand itself has broadened to such a wide array of products, that when I think quality product, I consider Apple in as a factor. As they are reducing the prices of things and mass-producing, it is only going to become a bigger and bigger product.  With Apple comes all of the Apple products that you have to buy directly from them, such as Itunes for your Ipod, an Ihome to dock it in at night, an Icar to play music in your car.  It is the Mcdonalds of computer and like-minded products.
2. I think it has affected me by making me desire the best of the best products, and in turn those companies can take my money and spend it on more ads to benefit themselves.
3. My phone- make calls, sent texts to my friends to ensure my weekend plans, check my social networking standings (still popular among the kids!)
My TV- watching reruns of house and snl to catch up and refresh on my medical knowledge, and snl to provide some comic relief while doing homework
My computer- listening to pandora while doing my homework to check out some new bands, doing my homework, checking my social networks, looking at some new hairstyles (I work at a salon and I am going there on saturday to do something new if there is time).
4. My favorite medium would be my phone. Without it, I feel lost because I can do absolutely anything and everything with it. I don't think I have ever had it off for the year I have had it and my mother constantly complains about how much I am on it.  It makes money from my father (who pays the bills) by having a phone bill for services, texting plan, unlimited calls, and the data charges. I also do some online shopping on here so that also gets my money. I will research things that are worth buying by looking at reviews of products, which only gets me more excited about buying and using these products myself.
5. I think college students have already grown up with facebook, and since facebook has always been stealing ideas from other innovations, they have created a monopoly on social networking. With it, I find out anything that a person decides to post (and some they don't). What their wall posts say (or don't say), say a lot about them, they have their info updated, I can look at their status (similar to Twitter). I have had facebook since my freshman year of high school, so about 6 years, back when it was super small and exclusive, which made it even more necessary to get in on. It has stuck around so well because it is incredible convenient as it is ever changing and updating to fit the popular demands and ideas.

Chapter 1

1. I think that is hard to say without being somewhat insulting.  While my mother is learning some new things with her job and thinking about going back to college, my father probably rarely learns anything new because to learn new things, sometimes it is necessary to have previous knowledge on the subject.  The information age can be so amazing, but to this point it has taken the combined knowledge and creativity of many people.  I think a part of the reason why the information age is so detrimental to the evolution of society is because of things that we learn in school today. Even while watching a show like, Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader, I often find myself in awe of the things that they are learning today in school-- education is growing too and expanding on their teaching techniques and methods of learning to ensure that as many kids as possible are walking away with knowledge. I would describe the story as a building, with each stone of information necessary to the whole building and would create problems if a stone was missing.
2. Convergence means the combining of everything that I need right at my fingertips. Take for instance, my phone.  With my Droid, I can surf the internet, text, use a gps system, look up information, look for deals in my local area, email my professors, watch youtube videos, stream music, have an alarm system, and call people (just a small list of the capabilties). 
3. I hope that the future won't be something like Walle, where everything  was so readily accessible at my fingertips that the whole nation grows to be obese and forgets the joys of real human interaction and the amazing things that the human body is capable of.  With information, there are so many things left to do with it, and new ways to expand the human brain and on previous human knowledge.  One thing that disgusts me is the large amount of "trolls" found online-- not even ones on random faceless forums but even on facebook the anti-semantic, racist, sexist, homophobic, and hate-language comes though, and I know these people!  I would like to see the information age spreading education and knowledge to people who have their prejudices, bigotry, and injustices towards things that they don't fully understand. I want to see love and peace come with information.
4. A text message falls under the M part of the SMCR. I would be the source, my text would be the message, the phone would be the channel, and my friend would be the reciever.
5. Perhaps, if I have enough friends, but I think mass communication is talking more on the hundreds to thousands minimum, and I while I acknowledge that I have met a lot of people in my 19 years, it is probably not enough to qualify as mass.  I also think mass has more to do with accessibility being widespread, such as newspapers, radio, and television.

Twin Peaks

She and Him performing "Don't Look Back". The female singer is a popular actress, and her mother was Eileen on Twin Peaks. Is this more like the idea that you had for the future, or did you always know it would move towards a surge of technology and information?

Flight Of The Conchords - Frodo, Don't Wear The Ring

My favorite New Zealand Duo with their take on LOTR.

I spend too much time with technology

I spend about maybe 20 hours a week at least watching TV.

I watch about maybe 5 hours a week watching a movie.

I watch maybe 16 hours a week on the internet.

I wish I spend more time playing videogames, but I have no console. If it was up to me though I would spend more time on videogames than TV.

I spend maybe 10 hours a week reading books.

I spend about 1 hour a week reading a magazine or newspaper.

I have 2 ipods, 3 or 4 cameras, 2 computers, a smartphone.

I really like to play Mario games and I would spend all my time getting the shines or saving the Princess if I had a Wii.

I would definitely say that this is a huge generational gap between even my parents and I. I am constantly connected either through my phone or the tv, or the free wifi that is offered in most places.  My mother regularly asks me what I am doing online, and I can't ever come up with a proper answer to justify the time that I have wasted. There are so many funny websites, or ones that make you think-- some of my favorites are Cracked.com, 1000awesomethings.com., and PostSecret.com.  Stumbleupon.com is a great way to find out other art forms, or get some self-help tips of all sorts.

Hello!

Hello! My name is Jacki, and I hope that you enjoy this blog as it will be all about my experiences and experimentation in my new major and the first of it's kind, English for New Media. Also, if you are here, feed the fish-- they get quite hungry.