ENGL303 Spring 2010

discusses how youtube may have an agreement with entertainment companies to stream movies from youtube

There are so many things that we don't know about how social networking sites work, about the investors, the number of members, and the value of the sites. There is even a country that has banned Facebook

This pdf file just gives the basic run down of how Myspace works and the dangers of social networking. It also gives ways to educate and communicate with others about the site.

Lovers of offbeat music and hard-core rap would probably never use the names "Weird Al Yankovic" and "2 Live Crew" in the same sentence. Yet, they have something very important in common. The law protects their use of other people's musical works. The reason is that courts consider both 2 Live Crew's rap combined with pop music riffs and Weird Al's combination of everything... to be parodies, which are protected under fair use doctrine. from LegalZoom.com

A list of all Weird Al Yankovich songs and the original songs they are parodies of. This is good for comparison and copyright knowledge.

Pleaserobme.com is funny but is happening all over. People are stating where they are on social media websites and others can see if they are home or not. You can strategically map out who is home and who is not.

This article talks about the ways companies use what we post on our social media. For example, if we blog about something it can be added to their database. Companies are using this information to find out what and who they should be advertising to.

This is an online community where gays and lesbians can interact without the pressures of our society.

Millions of PS3 owners experienced problems with the network. Problems included not being able to log onto the system, playing online games, playing games that had online trophies. Apparently, the PS3 Slims were not affected.

A study of student IM usage reveals many advantages and some obstacles to using IM as a classroom communication tool

This paper describes an empirical study on postgraduate students in a local university to investigate whether instant messaging (IM) tools are used as enabler tools for learning in tertiary institutions. We first developed a theoretical model based on the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM). We then undertook a survey of 104 postgraduate students. The findings indicated that external factors such as technology utility, network externality, media influences, self-efficacy and affection have a significant effect on perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU). In our study, PEOU has significant influence on the students' acceptance of IM tools as enabler for learning, contrary to past research result of PU influencing acceptance intention. Overall, the findings suggested students' perceptions of IM tools are easy to use and useful in the context of learning. The paper concludes with a discussion on implication to education.

A site providing a means to track growing trends in social media.

"combine Multiple Description Coding (MDC) with multiple source transport (Multipoint-to-Point transfer: MP2P) in order to maintain smooth video streaming over wireless ad hoc networks"

A site explaining how to follow events in Chile using social media.

Open table is a website that is based on user experienced postings of restaurants throughout the nation that offer high-end, expensive entrees. Once someone has visited a restaurant, they will rate the restaurant on a variety of categories such as "ambience", "service", and how "romantic" it is. The restaurants that are on this website do not have to pay to get a posting, near do they have to pay to upkeep the site. While this type of advertising is nearly opinion, It can have much more bearing on an individual than a television ad or newspaper ad. The only difference between this user experienced advertising and traditional advertising is that the users could cast the restaurant in a bad light. I also can't help but think how many times employees or owners of restaurants have logged onto this site and rated their restaurant "outstanding" in all categories.

I found this website while searching for free educational material for a separate class. While this site may not tie into my research report of "internet advertising", I think it is very important. Academic Earth is a free site that anyone can sign up for. It offers free online video lectures from some of the most prestigous universities in the country (Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton). The lecture topics range from Psychics to Psychology, and everything in between. The importance of this website is pretty obvious. The average Joe that can't afford college tuition can learn much of the same material for free that the wealthy and privileged are receiving for $100,000 a year.