Media Boundaries

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.

Passing Stranger is a sound-rich chronicle of poets and poetry associated with the East Village. Narrated by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, it contains site-specific poetry, interviews with poets, archival recordings and music by John Zorn.

"We want to discuss the crossing of media boundaries in cultural, metaphorical and physical senses. It encompasses trans and cross-mediality as well as the real or imagined differences between scriptwriting practitioners and theoreticians."

a behind-the-scenes look at "truth" and "reality" in popular media production courtesy of Stargate Studios (http://www.stargatestudios.net/)

" Noetic Media where stories cross media boundaries"

As the matriarch of our home it wasn't long before I realized I was plugged in a lot, and when I looked around, it was clear I had little constraint with plugged in things. We were battling a fire-spitting media-dragon-our television. When I stopped to think about it, there were days I gave more of my undivided attention to it than any of my four children combined. It was my daily drug of choice, taking me to far-away places, allowing me to peek inside homes I prayed were more dysfunctional than ours, and taught me more about great white sharks than I cared to admit. Yes, I loved my TV. I couldn't imagine living without it.

"It moves the paper much more into the linked world we all now inhabit."

"Calgary police could soon go behind the lens for a change to shoot their own news videos addressing community concerns. Other frontline officers may be given the opportunity to inform the public through frequently updated blogs. These two initiatives and many others are on the table as the Calgary Police Service maps out a new strategy to interact with the public like never before."

"Here's the thing. Nina has been working in fiber arts for many years. Felting is her passion, but she is also an accomplished weaver and quilter. Her years of experience and knowledge make her bravely go where I had never been before. After I saw the results of some of these kinds of (initially shocking) statements, my creative path opened up to a clearing in the woods. Aaah, I see...So THIS is "crossing boundaries" of fiber arts media!"