A collection of fake badly painted Disney, Looney Tunes and other character paintings found on Ice Cream vans and other places!!

boundaries of physical object vs. ideas, technical literacies

in 2006, I would use this little internet survey as a means of testing my own sense of self-identity vs. what others might have perceived me as being.

we discussed this 5/1/12 issues of access, identity via mediations

5/1/12 re:mapping Inforgraphics are big now- "Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized!"

the xkcd map we were discussion, navigating relationships and connections: http://xkcd.com/802/

"The Secret Life of Pronouns examines how and why pronouns and other forgettable words reveal so much about us. Partly a research journey, the book traces the discovery of the links between function words and social and psychological states." Relevant due to its use of social media as a means to uncover how the use of language both affects and shapes our lives or reveals something about our personality traits or states of mind.

Also here's some fun toys to try. http://secretlifeofpronouns.com/exercises.php Sites like 750words.com are also into creating statistics/algorithms of word usages and what that "means".

The story of this man's video postings and the community that built and comforted each other online after he passed away. Quite the character. see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edarem

I'm sure that the young lady who wrote this as a part of her Facebook profile didn't expect it to be immortalized by a professional voice actor and an animator.

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great example of the story of intention vs. interpretation, ironic appreciation vs. new sincerity In 1989, a group of unknown Utah actors starred in what would be crowned the worst movie of all time: TROLL 2. After two decades of running from this cinematic disaster, the cast can no longer hide from the legion of followers that celebrate them for their ineptitude.

/.....or this http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/bronies-my-little-ponys/

I mentioned this in class as an example of how branding of an entertainment experience that by either being marketed or adopted it becomes a symbol of lifestyle or identity/way of life. "American Juggalo is a look at the often mocked and misunderstood subculture of Juggalos, hardcore Insane Clown Posse fans who meet once a year for four days at The Gathering of the Juggalos. We went to The Gathering of the Juggalos and let the Juggalos speak their minds. I hope you enjoy it."

I am posting this as an example of the blurring boundary between what is advertisement or product placement and entertainment. This was sponsored by the car company.

I thought of this as how the boundaries of storytelling and narratives are being recorded as devices. TV tropes are almost like a language you didn't even realize you spoke. "What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés."

re: Jenkins chapter 2 & 3, we spoke of binaries/dichotomies as boundaries. I have used this book before and its a really great exploration of these issues from an historical perspective that catalogs shifts in cultural change.

*Chapter 1- Spoiling Survivor- Jenkins NOT SAFE FOR WORK- (NOT SAFE FOR LIFE)! Jenkins mentions briefly the undercurrenty world of fan fiction. This has been a community that is often the butt of many jokes. The vocal artist "Duke", has a particularly hilarious audioboo in which he finds terrible things online such as facebook statuses, google reviews, foreign bootleg DVD descriptions, and reads them aloud in his advertising voice. (Spelling and grammar mistakes included!) I actually personally love the animated show Adventure Time, but in this link, Duke reads some particularly disturbing fanfiction. Fanfiction very often has a sexual connotation and reputation as fantasy writing, lending to it being laughable among "trolls" or other internet threads. Feel free to delete this if its inappropriate- sometimes my personal filter is off-kilter when it comes to the internet. I mean no offense or harm. It is media convergence in its seedy side, academically speaking.

Chapter 1- Survivor Spoilers: I became terribly interested in the idea of "tele-tourism" and upon looking it up some more I found Jenkins had written this article for MIT/tech review. Just recently, I had friends go on an epic quest to visit the house that the "Goonies" was flimed at. Columns Tourism with a Twist Ecotourism, meet teletourism. You've seen it on TV. Now see it in person. What did I do on my summer vacation?

*as referenced by Henry Jenkins The Dead Media Project consists of a database of field Notes written and researched by members of the Project's mailing list. The Dead Media List consists of occasional email to that stout band of souls who have declared some willingness to engage in this recherche field of study.