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This blog is written by a published author. He has written and continues to write books about software or code. In this blog post he discusses authorship in terms of open source. He makes an argument about how writing in general should be treated more like open source software is created. I am using his assertions to help development my claims that sites like webook.com are open source communities that allow authors to share ideas.

This blog is written by a published author. He has written and continues to write books about software or code. In this blog post he discusses authorship in terms of open source. He makes an argument about how writing in general should be treated more like open source software is created. I am using his assertions to help development my claims that sites like webook.com are open source communities that allow authors to share ideas.

The Online Gamers Anonymous website offers an interesting take on anonymous online authorship. In the case of "excessive game players," it is likely that these site users are especially interested in protecting their identities. Still, this website allows suffers of excessive game playing to access information about their problems and interact with other online gamers without giving away their identities. The site offers numerous resources for gamers and their families including, chat rooms, meetings, world news, and information about other organizations that seek to help online gamers to overcome their problems. Users can also write in about their own experiences and offer their help to others.

There is some talk of different people having different views of nature and issues therein concerning conservation in this case. I'm hoping that this will help to answer my question about why people feel the way they do about nature. I haven't read it all the way through, but it seems promising.

This article found on Project Muse is about digital rhetoric. This article answers questions about "how reading and writing practices change in digital environments...and the dynamics of digital ownership and issues of authoring, authority, and intellectual property in computer-mediated, networked spaces." THIS ARTICLE IS HIGHLY RELEVANT TO MY RESEARCH TOPIC.

In another bookmark I posted an article about Iowa being one of the first hospitals to use Twitter in the operating room. The patient underwent a hysterectomy and the surgeon sent over 300 tweets to the patients' family members about the process of the surgery. Here are some of the actual tweets that were sent...

I first read this story in the DA and it was very intriguing. A hospital in Iowa has allowed surgeons to start "tweeting" the process of their surgery to the patient's family members. It is an easy and efficient way to follow a patient's progress as they go under the knife. The patient's family in this article tracked the developments from a laptop computer in the hospital's waiting room. One of the daughter-in-laws even kept tabs from work. The surgeon sent more than 300 tweets over more than three hours from a computer outside the operating room. Over 700 people followed them, some even asking questions. This is a great way to get glimpse into an actual operating room. Iowa has not been the first hospital to use Twitter, others include Children's Medical Center in Dallas, which tweeted in May when a father donated a kidney to his son, and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where officials have tweeted about several surgeries since January. My question is, is could I use the "tweets" this surgeon is sending and write my own article about the operation? Are the surgeons' tweets copyrighted?

I saw an article in the DA about West Virginia University's News and Information Services, WVU Today launching a new website. They said they did this to keep up with the changing culture. The website is based around multimedia and social media, letting people interact with the story. The story talked about the new iWVU application available for iPhones, and a WVU mobile site for other smart phones. The website WVU Today allows users to share news stories in a variety of ways under the "share this". There is a media center section with a story archive, video archive, podcasts, and more.

Wiki page for Mulitmedia. Bookmarked for two reasons: 1) It defines the term and 2) Wikipedia is a form of collaborative Multimedia.

This Wiki page gives a greater insight into the term multimedia. It talks about what falls into the category for multimedia, the history of the term, characterisitics, research, and which creative industries make use of multimedia. It gives a good look at the purpose, and allows areas to question which can bring up topics about authorship.

I kept thinking of WIkipedia during the discussion about online anonymity and the idea that "anyone" can edit a page. This article gives information about the Reliability and Quality of sources and information, though also linking to pages where a person can find the style guide to keep wikipedia articles looking the same.

Video Search, Don-Wrege--Internet-Author-interviewed-by-Robert-Carl-Cohen This interview took place in 1997, and Wrege talks about many of the incredible changes that the internet has brought about. He discusses multimedia as it first began, then goes into discussing how he uses his column to give people information. Setting up links within his writing and allowing people to respond immediately are just a few things that are seen as average today, but in '97 seem almost ground-breaking because of the way Wrege and his interviewer discuss them.

This is an article from Project Muse. It talks about the sincerity of authorship in blogs. It relates the idea of a diary to a blog, and views blogging in a very personal sense. Considering the personal value of a blog, you can understand how authorship on blogging sites (TFLN), would fall under this umbrella of something not being considered plagiarized. This will benefit me greatly in writing my paper because I am mainly speaking about authorship in relation to anonymity, and the sites I am reviewing deal with some aspect of blogging.

This site is all about questions and answers concerning fanfiction. The main focus is on copyright, trademark, and other laws. The First Amendment pops up a few times, as well.

Will Wright (The Sims creator) interview

Will Wright (The Sims creator) interview

Interesting article about bloggers getting freebies from endorsements in their blogs, and what the government wants to do to regulate it.

Interesting article about bloggers getting freebies from endorsements in their blogs, and what the government wants to do to regulate it.

Postcards from Splitsville - Children expressing themselves about divorce. A local school in Alabama using Post Secret as therapy for children of divorce.

This website provides a huge amount of resources to fans. Not only does it provide blogs and a video board, it includes groups that promote Team Jacob, Team Bella, and Team Edward. The website provides fans with the latest news about the series, including clips from the new movie and the songs that will appear on the Twilight soundtrack. This website will provide insight into the phenomenon of fans creating their own videos and will help me to understand the motivations for the fan remixes.

There is some talk within this paper about the importance of nature in our everyday lives. I will be interested to see what has to be said here.

Article about fanfic and certain types of story lines, including slash. Haven't read whole article yet.