With all the different theories, Facebook seemed to relate fairly to each one, whether it was a stretch or obvious. The theories that were more noticeable were the myths, rituals and stereotypes, beliefs, and the formula of following the same outline of many social networks. The difference with the formula is that Facebook has found a platform in which users find entertaining and attention grabbing, bringing them back on a regular basis, and many users back multiple times daily.
The most interesting findings are based on the rituals and stereotypes of Facebook. The myth that the social network ruins relationships is interesting, especially if you question people about their thoughts on the matter. The stereotypes of classifying individuals as needy, overbearing, crazy, unsocial, etc. through their posts are quite interesting. I don't like to judge, but personally some of the pictures and comments people posts can make it hard to. Posting pictures of your child in the bathtub may look cute to you, but makes other people feel uncomfortable and find the images inappropriate for the network. The people who post something almost every hour get the stereotype of needy and controlling. Through Facebook, you'll find more judgment from people that were never noticed before.
Through analyzing all the different components of Facebook, I find myself falling away from the use of it more and more. I believe that from analyzing it from all aspects has made me not care much for Facebook other than viewing comments and posts directed towards myself or pictures of family and close friends from out of town. People lived without it before, so I'm looking to live in the moment and communicate with friends and family in person, trying to be a part of the world and not watch it happen through Facebook.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Assignment 1-3-2
In Fantasy Media in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games, Brooke Ford summarizes the uses and effectiveness of these strategies. The summary isn’t full in-depth on each object, but how society has changed the minds of individuals over time and needing to find ways to teach/instruct students keeping them entertained and knowledgeable. Every person has their own unique way of learning and takes things differently to get them to further understand a topic. Teachers need to find that medium of where it is easiest for students to grasp onto quickly and efficiently without confusion building a great learning environment. Setting that type of environment creates attention and the participation a classroom looks for.
This article presents popular culture in ways of teaching to enhance the structure to build from and the critical thinking in which to pursue. Words from Ford’s review that I entirely agree with: “a familiar misconception is that teaching with mainstream films, books, comics, or video games takes time and meaning away from teaching the canon, which ultimately forgoes any sort of foundation students are meant to be steeped in” (Ford, p. 441). Students prefer the entertainment of a movie rather than a lecture, but sometimes the visual and story can be more attention grabbing than most lectures and create that easier way of understanding a topic or subject.
In simple terms, the article contributes techniques and practices that can be effective, depending upon the audience, with pop culture. It uses all mainstreams to help understand pop culture to get to the studies and discussions of the matter. By getting the understanding of pop culture helps students relate through everyday life experiences and for future expectations. A set curriculum isn’t ideal as things change as well as ideas and opinions, so with the change comes the need to find another form in which to teach that is effective. Teachers, too, are in learning stages of trying to better understand what works for their students to excel within the classroom and be ready for what is outside of the classroom. Presenting topics from traditional to censorship to fantasy displays the wide variety of perception and how pop culture plays a role into each through the perceptions and knowledge taken from each.
I agree with the author’s main points within the article, as teaching is the foundation to our future. The younger generations need to have a better system in which to follow to be able to take in all information from the past and for the future. History is a big part of pop culture, so in a sense students need to learn the concepts of the turning points in history and other events to comprehend what works and what was wrong. Students have to be learning off some foundation that is built from history, but then be learning from the present just as well. Both points are very important to the education system and for us as one to grow. The use of other visuals rather than that of a book and lecture gives a easier visual and comprehension to relate, and, a huge part of teaching, keeping the students well entertained.
“Nevertheless, what is important here is the creation of dynamic classrooms that promote highly participatory students through the use of pop material” (Ford, p. 442). The main points of the article are of that relating to techniques and practices, but the most important is the students’ interactions and participation towards the topic of matter. By getting the attention of the student, whether it need be anything but the average book, is necessity within the classroom. A teacher who cannot reach out to students in ways that are to the student’s level voids that creation of a learning environment. If that were being done, students lose all interest and ignore the importance of any future material. Yes, students get that look in their eye of happiness when you tell them that in today’s class they will be watching a film about the topic at study rather than taking notes over a lecture because it is, keyword, entertaining.
Reference
Ford, B. (April 2013). Fantasy Media in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games, volume 46 issue 2. P. 440-442.
This article presents popular culture in ways of teaching to enhance the structure to build from and the critical thinking in which to pursue. Words from Ford’s review that I entirely agree with: “a familiar misconception is that teaching with mainstream films, books, comics, or video games takes time and meaning away from teaching the canon, which ultimately forgoes any sort of foundation students are meant to be steeped in” (Ford, p. 441). Students prefer the entertainment of a movie rather than a lecture, but sometimes the visual and story can be more attention grabbing than most lectures and create that easier way of understanding a topic or subject.
In simple terms, the article contributes techniques and practices that can be effective, depending upon the audience, with pop culture. It uses all mainstreams to help understand pop culture to get to the studies and discussions of the matter. By getting the understanding of pop culture helps students relate through everyday life experiences and for future expectations. A set curriculum isn’t ideal as things change as well as ideas and opinions, so with the change comes the need to find another form in which to teach that is effective. Teachers, too, are in learning stages of trying to better understand what works for their students to excel within the classroom and be ready for what is outside of the classroom. Presenting topics from traditional to censorship to fantasy displays the wide variety of perception and how pop culture plays a role into each through the perceptions and knowledge taken from each.
I agree with the author’s main points within the article, as teaching is the foundation to our future. The younger generations need to have a better system in which to follow to be able to take in all information from the past and for the future. History is a big part of pop culture, so in a sense students need to learn the concepts of the turning points in history and other events to comprehend what works and what was wrong. Students have to be learning off some foundation that is built from history, but then be learning from the present just as well. Both points are very important to the education system and for us as one to grow. The use of other visuals rather than that of a book and lecture gives a easier visual and comprehension to relate, and, a huge part of teaching, keeping the students well entertained.
“Nevertheless, what is important here is the creation of dynamic classrooms that promote highly participatory students through the use of pop material” (Ford, p. 442). The main points of the article are of that relating to techniques and practices, but the most important is the students’ interactions and participation towards the topic of matter. By getting the attention of the student, whether it need be anything but the average book, is necessity within the classroom. A teacher who cannot reach out to students in ways that are to the student’s level voids that creation of a learning environment. If that were being done, students lose all interest and ignore the importance of any future material. Yes, students get that look in their eye of happiness when you tell them that in today’s class they will be watching a film about the topic at study rather than taking notes over a lecture because it is, keyword, entertaining.
Reference
Ford, B. (April 2013). Fantasy Media in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with Film, Television, Literature, Graphic Novels and Video Games, volume 46 issue 2. P. 440-442.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Assignment 1-4-5
Formulas in pop culture are the outcomes and the predictability of a storyline throughout its time and through its situations. For example, two stories/movies have different situations and storylines, but have very similar endings. A simple example that is well-known is the story plot of the hero always saves the "princess" in the end. This displays the use of originality. All stories will follow the same or similar storyline of the genre it belongs, for instance romance, horror, action, etc. It is the category in which individuals find entertaining and seek to look when deciding to read, watch, or write the story.
Facebook displays this theory of formulas in several ways. First and foremost, Facebook wasn't the first social network. There were numerous others similar such as Xanga and Myspace being more recent. It has continued that source of communicating and providing more options for entertainment, thus creating new features for others to follow but still falling the plot of keeping people in-touch. The purpose of social networks is the easy accessibility of communication and through many different ways, which Facebook fulfills. All business is competition, so Facebook works around to give the best and do the best for its social network and users. It's a person's entertainment.
Facebook displays this theory of formulas in several ways. First and foremost, Facebook wasn't the first social network. There were numerous others similar such as Xanga and Myspace being more recent. It has continued that source of communicating and providing more options for entertainment, thus creating new features for others to follow but still falling the plot of keeping people in-touch. The purpose of social networks is the easy accessibility of communication and through many different ways, which Facebook fulfills. All business is competition, so Facebook works around to give the best and do the best for its social network and users. It's a person's entertainment.
The formula of Facebook is the structure in which it builds and works from, like the entertainment piece. People return for the means of entertainment on a daily basis creating it to be a necessity in everyday life for many people. It is the build of a social network of communication with numerous other applications and actions that can be done to provide and communicate more information to others. The application of this theory to Facebook has made an understanding of how Facebook was created in the category of social networks, but has and continues to provide updated applications to keep it a social network that hasn't lost its touch and keeps users coming back, like many other social networks.
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