For this blog post, I read Video Killed the Faculty Star Inside Higher Ed. This article had some interesting points. Before I read the article in its entirety, I tried to find all of the videos that are discussed in it. Unfortunately, I was only able to find the video of the professor from Cornell who became angry with a student who was loudly yawning. The video seemed absolutely plausible to me. I did not notice any editing or breaks in the video. It seemed as if the professor was genuinely very angry at the student for yawning. If I were that student, I would definitely not fess up. I know that there is one camp--most likely other college professors--who would agree that this video was edited or taken out of context. However, there is probably another camp--most likely students--who would agree that the video was 100% real. I think that I belong to the camp of students. I am well aware of the capability of video editing but I cannot wrap my head around why the professor would say any of the things he said. Edited or not, the professor did say all of those things and that just seems outrageous to me.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Video Killed the Faculty Star
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
English 328: Blogging and Mass Politics
Blogging and Mass Politics by Michael Keren is an interesting and insightful look at the blogosphere. As a blogger myself, I was surprised in reading about all of the politics that take place in the blogosphere. The only blogs that I follow are fashion blogs and if I had to put the respective blog owners into a category, I would say that they are mostly civilized because they all talk, listen, learn and self-reflect. I guess I would put myself into that category, as well. Although, I do not have very many followers and they hardly ever comment on my posts because I don't advertise my blog as loudly as others.
The most interesting thing in this article is the vast array of typology. I never knew that there was such a science behind blogging. As previously stated, the only blogger I have ever encountered is the civilized blogger. Granted, I have seen many people on social media who exhibit many of the other qualities attributed to the contentious and pretentious bloggers.
One thing about this article that irritated me was the constant use of examples from writers and authors who would have no idea what a blog is. I just feel like it is difficult to compare a type of blogger to a writer whose works were more relevant decades ago. Though we may learn about these writers (Sartre, Rousseau, etc.) in philosophy, theory, or history classes, I do not think that their styles of writing are exemplary of blogging style at all.
It had never even entered my realm that people could see blogging as such an intense thing. I use my blog to post pictures of my outfits, cute stories, or whatever. I see it as a blank canvas to say anything I want to. Obviously, many people see it as such but many use it to actively voice their opinions on touchy subjects or argue a point to death. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that is the coolest thing about the blogosphere--one can find large quantities of people to agree with his opinion and stroke his ego.
Overall, I found this article to be intriguing. Keren did a great job at identifying each type of blogger and including examples in the article. Though I did find the examples to be irrelevant to blogging, they made sense contextually to the kind of person he was attempting to describe.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Birthday.
I could not possibly have had a better day. I am so thankful for everyone in my life and I love them all so much. My birthday is always my most favorite day and it certainly did not disappoint this year. Thank you everyone who wished me a happy birthday! It was truly happy.
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Style on Sunday pt. 2
Hello, again!
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Style on Sunday
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
What I'm Wearing: Grandma's Dress
Today, I'm wearing my sweet little southern granny's dress. She is an angel and words cannot describe how much I love her.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Hiya!
Hello dear people,
I told you I wouldn't remain absent for too long!
I am about 2 days away from being DONE with school this semester and boy, am I ready. The end of this semester marks the end of my years at Schoolcraft and the beginning of my years at Eastern! I am SO excited for this new chapter in my life. I can't wait to be done with school forever and embark on my career and my life, in general.
Speaking of which, the tentative wedding date is still the same. Ben and I are just trying to finish school and have careers and a solid financial situation before we do something so very serious. But in any case, I am so happy to be spending my life with him. He's very good for me. And, of course, I like to think that I'm very good for him. :]
In unrelated news, my hair is red!! I dyed it for the first time ever and I LOVE IT. I have only ever had highlights but I'm obsessed with my sassy, darker locks. It was done for me by my wonderful friend, Chelsea. She's a peach!
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