ENGL303 Spring 2010

ConspiracyScience.com is run by Edward Winston, a software engineer whose hobby is debunking various conspiracy theories using knowledge and research. This page debunks the Zeitgeist film, linked below. Winston is not alone in discrediting the Zeitgeist movement - some internet message boards are devoted entirely to debunking conspiracy theories. These are great examples of the internet's ability to correct mistakes over time, eg: Zeitgeist convinced millions of viewers to believe untrue facts and theories - websites like ConspiracyScience.com convinced millions of others that Zeitgeist is unreliable.

This is an online fashion magazine that uses many different types of multimedia to display its content.

Zeitgeist is a documentary film produced by Peter Joseph, released in 2007. It outlines the many ways in which information has been repressed by governments and religions over centuries to maintain control over the public. The film went viral shortly after its release, thanks to the internet. Unfortunately for Peter Joseph, countless debunking websites and smear campaigns have been launched to discredit the documentary. This scenario is a great example of how social movements can be created and driven by the internet, only to be killed later by the internet.

A mindboggling look at some statistics of social media.

Pictures taken from mobile devices that are free to use.

Gives you 7 ways on how you can promote an event using social media by using twitter, facebook, flickr, and blogging.

Google is becoming more like twitter and facebook, along with email, the search engine, and mobile apps. Google makes staying connected with the world easier by incorporating everything we use into one account.

A great place to find good quality photos that you can use, legally, for projects. (Unlike Google image search.)

This is a real life high-tech treasure hunt found all over the world. There's even some in Morgantown. Use your GPS to navigate coordinates to find secrect cache boxes. Fun for all ages and allows you to communicate to other geocachers !! You create hunts for others; everyone becomes an author.

After the Suberbowl, blog post displayed their favorite commercial ads. Thoes ads that were blogged about were most popular by viewers as well.

You can compare sampled albums and songs to the originals on a chronological scale

This discusses the fact that the "first sale" doctrine that applies to physical books, CDs, and DVDs does not apply to the e-books that people "buy" on the Kindle. Basically, it states that you cannot really allow someone to borrow your "books" on the Kindle and if you wanted to sell your "book" you would have to sell the "physical media where the 'original' download is stored."

This article talks about the sales of the Kindle and the decline in traffic at the BookExpo America compared to previous years. It discusses the fact that publishing executives have worries concerning the development of this technology and at the same time mentions that the device has also gained fans in the publishing industry.

Case offers rare glimpse into the mechanics of federal criminal investigations where nearly all documents are filed ex parte and stay under seal until indictments are handed up

I thought it would interesting to add the best book-to-movie adaptation list. Many people may have seen these movies and not even realized that a book existed.

This is just an interesting article talking about how some good books can end up being disasters as movies. I don't agree with everything on the list because it is just opinion. It's also sad to see a good book turned into a bad movie because people's opinion of the book will be wrong.

The Constitution grants Congress the power "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries ..." Copyright coverage under the law now includes: architectural design, software, the graphic arts, motion pictures, and sound recordings. It includes articles by writers written and published on the internet. Read more at Suite101: Copyright Infringement of Internet Articles: Significant Penalties for Stealing a Writer's Work http://law.suite101.com/article.cfm/copyright_infringement_of_internet_articles#ixzz0etrpeZ3M

Facebook's blowing up

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