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Discusses the role of the press agent in the early 20th century in maintaining public illusions about theater celebrities. The rise of cheap daily newspapers looking for sensational news and human interest stories increased the demand for publicity. This need for news gave rise to false stories designed to enhance the image of the star performer, who often was more than willing to present a certain personality to the public. Publicity for Sarah Bernhardt's 1906 tour was an example of the rising importance of the press agent in the early 20th century.

This article questions whether online anonymity is truly possible, and if so, whether or not Internet users should be made to take responsibility for their words and or actions. Ultimately, Zack Whittaker, the article's author, states that individuals should be held responsible for their online behaviors in the same sense that they are held responsible for their actions offline. Whittaker uses the example of Rosemary Port, a woman who used Blogger.com to post insulting photographs and words of verbal abuse directed towards a female model. Under court order, Goggle, the owner of Blogger.com, was forced to reveal the identity of Rosemary Port, who is now suing Goggle for "breach of anonymity." Port clearly felt that her right to remain anonymous had been violated, but does the right to anonymity free Internet users of moral and social responsibility?

This site contains,stories,tales,books,essays,writing and reading for children youths and adults. New stories and essays are recieved daily from many different places. This is interesting because it is so similar to reading a book or magazine. There is one common theme throughout that ties the whole site together, and that is the TaleWagger. This character is used in stories for children and adults, and as a sort of mascot for the site.

Home page for The Ultimate Celebrity Address & Phone Book! Providing celebrity addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and web addresses for celebrities of all types. Perfect for autograph collectors, radio stations, etc.

This section of YouTube's website deals with all issues of copyright. It provides a help in all manners of copyright, including how to tell if something is copyright protected, how to get permission, and how to provide credit to the original owner of an idea or material. This website will be helpful in my research. Using YouTube's definitions, I can begin to understand how credit and ownership is decided for content and videos. This will also help me to understand the rules for "borrowing" copyrighted material and distinguish what is classified as copyright.

This section of YouTube's website deals with all issues of copyright. It provides a help in all manners of copyright, including how to tell if something is copyright protected, how to get permission, and how to provide credit to the original owner of an idea or material. This website will be helpful in my research. Using YouTube's definitions, I can begin to understand how credit and ownership is decided for content and videos. This will also help me to understand the rules for "borrowing" copyrighted material and distinguish what is classified as copyright.

J. R. Carpenter is an award winning fiction writer, poet, and web artist based in Montreal. Entre Ville was commissioned by OBORO New Media Lab for the 50th anniversary of the Conseil des Arts de Montreal. This piece of work is very interesting. It is like The Cape because it can be viewed in any order, but there is a sense of where to begin and how to continue, but the reader can choose for himself. It also challenges the difference between reality and fiction, for example, a particular part discussing a dog walking a human and the sort of life that would be if you only got outside three times a day.

The Internet is setting a new standard for celebrity. Fame is no longer about getting "15 minutes"; it's about becoming famous to 15 people. "> text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

"Copyright infringement liability for a later work arises only if the later work embodies a substantial amount of protected expression taken from the earlier, underlying work. The later work must take enough protected expression (it does not matter how much unprotected material is taken, for the latter is open to the public) for the later work to be "substantially similar" to the earlier work."

Tweet with the hashtag #BlameDrewsCancer and Blame Drew's Cancer for anything and everything you want. $1 goes to charity for every person who participates.

"Kompoz is a social workspace for musicians and songwriters. Got an idea for a song? Record a track. Upload it. Then invite others to add drums, bass, vocals or anything else!"

I spend a lot of time here, and would like to touch upon fanfic in my project. I'm looking to see if they have a specific disclaimer for the site. Individual authors cite the original author/s at the beginning/end of the new work.

This is an actual fanfiction website. There are categories from books, to TV shows, to movies, to musicals, and much more. There is even a section for crossover works. For example, the characters from Star Trek meet and have a story made out with the cast of NCIS.

This website explains what OpenID is and how it benefits users. Essentially, OpenID is a program that allows users to use a single online identity to log into various websites. The OpenID program saves users time by preventing them from having to create separate profiles for individual websites. Open ID also allows users to be in control of what personal details are revealed online. While the OpenID website states that the program will give users "greater control over [their] online identity," I also feel that the use of this program will discourage users from listing false information about themselves. If Internet users know that the personal details they provide will be available across an array of websites, they will be more likely to provide truthful information. For example, if an individual uses Myspace to meet new people and form online relationships, he or she may be likely to list false personal information in order to impress or attract others. However, if this individual knows that this same information will be shared among his or her professional colleagues through email accounts or other sites, he or she will be less likely to lie.

This site suggests that the idea of online anonymity is becoming more and more misleading. While Internet users may be under the pretense that their identities are anonymous, advancements in technology have made it increasingly easy for other users to discover the true identities of the seemingly anonymous. Furthermore, identities are even more easily revealed when Internet behavior becomes questionable under the law. Therefore, as stated in this article, Internet users should behave under the assumption that their personal information is accessible if needed for legal proceedings. Even though sites may offer users anonymity, this does not free users from all responsibilities.

A basic process for writing fan fiction for wrestling.

Cell phone novels are a big deal in Japan. The novel are written via cell phone using short text messages. Unfortunately for us, they're in Japanese. According to Wired: "A mobile phone novel typically contains between 200 and 500 pages, with each page containing about 500 Japanese characters. The novels are read on a cell phone screen page by page, the way one would surf the web, and are downloadable for around $10 each."

Future Foundation is a UK based company that I worked for as an intern this past summer. One of the projects I worked on was the planning and organization of a client conference. At the conference, Future Foundation speakers used Twitter as a way to facilitate discussion and recieve feedback from clients throughout their presentations. This website uses Twitter to keep clients and/or potential clients updated on the research that is being completed for the Future Foundation databases.

Abstract: The article identifies ten myths about Internet Art, and explains the difficulties museums and othes have understanding what it means to make art for the internet. In identifying these common misconceptions, the suthor offers insight in successful online works, provides inspiration to internet artists, and explains that geographical location does not measure success when making art for the internet.

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.

This site discusses the various reasons that Internet users desire to remain anonymous. One New York blogger describes his reason for remaining unknown in stating that, "it afforded him creative freedom and access to good material." The blogger, who eventually reveals his identity after being offered a book deal, explains how his experience as a writer changes once he realizes that he will be linked to his work and that he must face the reactions of readers. Another blogger from Alaska explains how anonymity allows writers to "[speak] without filters." For many different reasons, authors continue to strive to remain anonymous in the online world.