Lab Exercise 9

Owl City
Pandora

Such Great Heights
The Postal Service

Here in Your Arms
Hellogoodbye

Spinning
Jack's Mannequin

Even Fairy Tale Characters Would Be Jealous
Playradioplay!

The Sound of Settling
Death Cab for Cutie

LastFM

Don't Count on Me
The Secret Handshake

Swimming with Dolphins
Silhouettes

Cash Cash
Electric Hearts

Breathe Electric
A Certain Kind of Touch

Artist vs Poet
Lisa Marie

Sara Bareilles
Pandora

Bottle it Up
Sara Bareilles

Battle
Colbie Caillat

Warm Whispers
Missy Higgins

Lucky
Jason Mraz

City
Sara Bareilles

LastFM

Vegas
Sara Bareilles

The Way I Am
Ingrid Michaelson

Heavy
Holly Brook

Suddenly I See
KT Tunstall

You Picked Me
A Fine Frenzy

Enya
Pandora

Book of Days
Enya

Theme From Harry's Game
Clannad

Adiemus
Adiemus

Answer
Sarah Mclachlan

Orinoco Flow
Enya

LastFM

Ebudae
Enya

Ameno
Era

The Prayer
Celtic Woman

Noturne
Secret Garden

Bright Star
Moya Brennan

Norah Jones
Pandora

Turn Me On
Norah Jones

Better Together
Jack Johnson

Make You Feel My Love
Adele

The Heart of Life
John Mayer

Home
Michael Buble

LastFM

Come Away with Me
Norah Jones

Call Me When You Get This
Corinne Bailey Rae

Wind Cries Mary
Jamie Cullum

Let's Fall in Love
Diana Krall

Angel
Sarah McLachlan

Juanes Radio: (male, International)

Pandora:"Me Enamora" Juanes"

En el Mulle de San Blas" Mana"

Whenever, Whenever" Shakira

"Fruta Fresca" Carlos Vives

"Para Ser Eterno" Juanes

LastFM:

"Gotas de Agua Dulces" Juanes

"Sin Rencores" Ekhymosis

"Me Duele Amarte" Reik

"Como Tu" Carlos Vives

"Perderte de Nuevo" Camila

Bob Marley Radio: (male, International)

Pandora:

"Three Little Birds" Bob Marley

"Try Me" Bob Marley vs. Lee Scratch Perry

"Man No Sober" Steel Pulse

"Jah Jah" Wailing Souls

"Jamming" Bob Marley

LastFM:

"Riding High" Bob Marley

"One Bright Day" Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers

"Never Deny You" Ziggy Marley

"Rock the Boat" Inner Circle

"Cool and Calm" Israel Vibration

The reports offered similar recommendations but they gave different artists. Pandora's recommendations were more similar with each other and there wasn't as much of a variety in the types of music that was played. Pandora allowed you to customize what was played more because you can say what you liked or disliked in the songs that were recommended. Last FM had more of a diverse range of types of music that they said related to the specific artist. Last FM provided more than just playing music but also had comparable artist links and the different albums that the artists had. They were, overall, extremely similar and accomplish the same purpose. The two sites LastFM and Pandora offered similar music recommendations. However, LastFM gave a more diverse list of artists, and its suggestions were for bands that are more obscure. I personally prefer LastFM because I feel like it is a better source for discovering new bands and musical groups that I have never heard of. Pandora radio seems to suggest songs and artists that I like but have already discovered in the past.

Lab Exercise 8

Title: Photoshop User TV
Publisher: National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Format: Talk show
Frequency of Updates: About once a week
Intended Audience: People who use the Photoshop program
Number of Subscribers: N/A
Commercial Sponsor: N/A

Title: This Week in Media
Publisher: Pixel Corps
Format: Talk show
Frequency of Updates: Weekly
Intended Audience: Common people interested in recent media updates
Number of Subscribers: N/A
Commercial Sponsor: N/A

Title: Today in iPhones Podcast - The Unofficial iPhone News and iPhones App Project
Publisher: NA
Format: Talk Show
Updated: Sporadically
Audience: iPhone users or interested buyers
Number of subscribers: NA
Commercial sponsors of the podcast: NA

Title: Podtacular: The Unofficial Halo 3 Universe Podcast
Publisher: NA
Format: Talk Show
Updated: Sporadically
Audience: Halo playersNumber of subscribers: NA
Commercial sponsors of the podcast: NA

Title: APM Market Place
Publisher: American Public Media
Format: Talk showFrequency of updates: daily
Intended Audience: business peopleNumber of Subscribers: n/a
Commercial Sponsor: n/a

Title: NPR Technology Podcast
Publisher: National Public Radio
Format: Talk show
Frequency of updates: sporadically (about once a week)
Intended Audience: Common people interested in news about technology
Number of Subscribers: n/a
Commercial Sponsor: n/a

Title: On The Media
Authors: Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield
Format: Radio Show
Updated: Weekly
Intended Audience: Adults
Commercial Sponsors: N/A
Number of Subscribers: N/A
Publisher: N/A

Title: Cranky Geeks for the iPod Video
Authors: John C. Dvorak and Ziff Davis
MediaFormat: Talk Show
Updated: WeeklyIntended
Audience: Teenagers and Adults
Commercial Sponsors: N/A
Number of Subscribers: N/A
Publisher: N/A

Title: Photoshop
Publisher: National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Format: Talk show
Frequency of Updates: About once a week
Intended Audience: People who use the Photoshop program
Number of Subscribers: N/A
Commercial Sponsor: N/A

Title: This Week
Publisher: Pixel Corps
Format: Talk show
Frequency of Updates: Weekly
Intended Audience: Common people interested in recent media updates
Number of Subscribers: N/A
Commercial Sponsor: N/A

Lab Exercise 7

YouTube, Hulu, and Veoh are three popular sites to access and view streaming video. Each has individual characteristics that set it apart from the other two. The first site I visited was Youtube. I have been to this site numerous times in the past and viewed various items such as music videos, trailers, and news/television show/movie clips. This site, unlike the two I explored next, Hulu and Veoh, does not give access to full television show episodes or movies. Furthermore, I occassionally had to wait for the stream to buffer in the middle of the video. The quality of the YouTube videos is not as good as the videos from Hulu and Veoh. Images are often blurry and are pixilated.
Next, I visited Hulu.com, which had a very good selection of television shows and probably the best quality video resolution out of the three websites. Hulu did not, however, have music videos, which is one of the types of videos that I personally look for when browsing the web.
The last site, Veoh, is by far my favorite website for viewing streaming video. The navigational bar at the top of the homepage made searching for and finding the specific media I was looking for extremely simple. Furthermore, the site had a large selection of music videos--they were even organized by genre. Furthermore, all videos on this site had very quick loading times, and the stream did not pause to buffer like on YouTube.

YouTube Video on Net Neutrality


Hulu Video on Net Neutrality


Link to Veoh Video (Hindu wedding)
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v6815122wSC3QmXB

The videos from YouTube and Hulu were very simple to embed. There was a code provided that I copied and pasted to this blog post. Veoh, however, did not have this option. Instead, the site provided a link. With embedding the YouTube video, there were even options available to change the border of the video when it appears on your location site. There were color options like green, gray, and red.

Lab Exercise 6

Survey Questions :

1. Do you use broadcast TV, mobile TV, satellite TV, cable TV, or not watch TV?
2. When do you watch that service?
3. Where do you watch that service?
4. Why do you watch that service?

Table of Results:

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Lab Exercise 5

Listings for Seattle, Washington

Cellular Video Offerings
AT&T Mobile TV
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/messaging-internet/mobile-tv/
Local news: No
Commercial News and Public Affairs: Yes (CBS Mobile, CNBC, CNN Live Mobile, Fox News, MSNBC)
Yes The O’Reillly Factor
ESPN Channel: Yes (ESPN Mobile TV)
No Sports Center
MTV Channel: Yes
Yes Parental Control
BET: No
Telemundo: No
Basic Price: $15/month

Satellite Carriers
Dish Seattle
http://tvlistings.aol.com/listings/wa/seattle/dish-seattle?scheduleDate=20090918&scheduleTime=0900&hid=DISH819&miniguide=NE&provider=dish-seattle&zipcode=98101&refresh_ad=0
local: Yes
Yes Northwest News Today
telemundo: Yes
Yes Jornal das 7
BET: Yes
Yes Sister, Sister
MTV: Yes
Yes, Parental Control
ESPN: Yes
yes Sports Center
Comercial: Yes
Yes O'reily Factor
Cost: $37.99/month for over 200 chanels

Cable
Comcast
http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/Learn/DigitalCable/digitalcable.html?INTCMP=ILCCOMCOMDP20915
Local: Yes
Yes Northwest News Today
Commercial News and Public Affairs Programming: Yes
Yes O'Reilly Factor
Non-Commercial Programming: Yes
Yes U.S. Senate
ESPN: Yes
Yes Sports Center
MTV: Yes
Yes Parental Control
BET: Yes
Yes Sister, Sister
Telemundo: No
Premier Package: $84/month Preferred Package: $44/month
http://tvlistings.aol.com/listings/wa/seattle/comcast-seattle-standard?scheduleTime=1500&scheduleDate=20090916&provider=comcast-seattle-standard&hid=WA46429&zipcode=98101&refresh_ad=0#grid-ad-anchor-0.o

Broadcast TV
http://goodtimeseattle.com/
Local news: Yes
No Northwest News
Commercial News: No
Public Affairs Programming: No
ESPN Channel: No
MTV Channel: No
BET: No
Telemundo: No
Basic Price: Free

Lab Exercise 4

Scholarly Journals

Journal: Development in Practice

Article: "Diary of a participatory advocacy film project: transforming communication initiatives into living campaigns"

Flower, E., & McConville, B. (2009, November 15). Diary of a participatory advocacy film project: transforming communication initiatives into living campaigns. Development in Practice, 19(7), 933-937. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1080/09614520903122428

Article: "The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from south-west China."

Vernooy, R., Qiu, S., & Xu, J. (2006, August). The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from south-west China. Development in Practice, 16(5), 400-411. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1080/09614520600792275

Journal: Journal of Media Practice

Article: "The ‘Cultural Burden’: regional film policy and practice in England"

Newsinger, J. (2009, April). The ‘Cultural Burden’: regional film policy and practice in England. Journal of Media Practice, 10(1), 39-55. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1386/jmpr.10.1.39_1

Article: "Regional British television drama in the 1960s and 1970s."

Cooke, L. (2005, December). Regional British television drama in the 1960s and 1970s. Journal of Media Practice, 6(3), 145-155. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1386/jmpr.6.3.145/1

Journal: Expert Systems with Applications

Article: "Contextualized mobile recommendation service based on interactive social network discovered from mobile users."

Jung, J. (2009, November). Contextualized mobile recommendation service based on interactive social network discovered from mobile users. Expert Systems with Applications, 36(9), 11950-11956. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2009.03.067

Article: "Design and development of a mobile peer-to-peer social networking application"

Tsai, F., Han, W., Xu, J., & Chua, H. (2009, October). Design and development of a mobile peer-to-peer social networking application. Expert Systems with Applications, 36(8), 11077-11087. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2009.02.093

Journal: Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation

Article: "A multi-ary number communication system based on hyperchaotic system of 6th-order cellular neural network"

Xingyuan, W., Bing, X., & Huaguang, Z. (2010, January). A multi-ary number communication system based on hyperchaotic system of 6th-order cellular neural network. Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation, 15(1), 124-133. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.03.035

Article: "Synchronizing chaotic systems using control based on a special matrix structure and extending to fractional chaotic systems"

Hu, J., Han, Y., & Zhao, L. (2010, January). Synchronizing chaotic systems using control based on a special matrix structure and extending to fractional chaotic systems. Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation, 15(1), 115-123. Retrieved September 11, 2009, doi:10.1016/j.cnsns.2009.03.017

Trade Journals

Journal: Canadian Business

Article: "Wireless Wonder Boy"

Castaldo, J. (2009, September 14). WIRELESS WONDER BOY. Canadian Business, 83(14/15), 58-61. Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Article: "Pimp my Blackberry"

Leung, C. (2007, May 21). Pimp my BlackBerry. Canadian Business, 80(11), 19-19. Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Journal: Advertising Age

Article: "It's no longer just a video game, it's a user experience"

It's no longer just a video game; it's a user experience. (2009, September 7). Advertising Age, Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Article: "Nielsen reveals full extent of the media industry's first-half battering"

Nielsen reveals full extent of the media industry's first-half battering. (2009, September 7). Advertising Age, Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Journal: BusinessWeek Online

Article: "Hollywood Execs Face Their Own Drama"

Grover, R. (2009, August 19). Hollywood Execs Face Their Own Drama. BusinessWeek Online, Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Article: "Media Overreacting to Reports of Exploding iPhones"

Hesseldahl, A. (2009, August 20). Media Overreacting to Reports of Exploding iPhones. BusinessWeek Online, Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Journal: Media Week

Article: "Writers' Strike Knocks Out January Premiere of 24"

Frutkin, A. (2007, November 12). Writers' Strike Knocks Out January Premiere of 24. MediaWeek, 17(41), 4-4. Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Article: "Online Execs Push Back on Panels"

Shields, M. (2006, September 25). Online Execs Push Back on Panels. MediaWeek, 16(34), 6-7. Retrieved September 13, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.

Lab Exercise 3

Media Industry

Film/Cinema

http://solomon.afso.alexanderstreet.com/
This database contains over 1,000 screenplays along with detailed, fielded information on scenes, characters, people related to the scripts, and images.

http://tamu.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/
Through this database, one can find more than 250 filmed performances, leading plays, and documentaries. The release titles represent hundreds of leading playwrights, actors, and directors.

Music/Audio

http://muco.alexanderstreet.com/
This database is a broad, comprehensive online music resource. Music from a wide variety of genres, artists, and cultural influences can be found using this database.

New Technology

http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
Using this database, one can find innovation project descriptions, records of accomplishments, and more via the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OTIS).

Television

http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/
This database is the world’s most extensive and complete archive of television news.

Media Policy

International/Worldly Interests

http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_product=FBISX&p_action=keyword&p_theme=fbis&p_nbid=T4DD4BPBMTI1MjY4NzMwMC4xNDM1NDA6MToxNDoxNjUuOTEuMTI2LjE0MQ&p_clear_search=yes&d_refprod=FBISX
This website contains information about international policies and includes texts, interviews, speeches, and highlights from countries and political entities around the globe.

http://wnc.dialog.com/
This database is an extremely valuable research tool for anyone who needs to monitor non-US media sources. The material in WNC is provided to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) by the open Source Center (OSC).

Communication Technology

https://www.policyarchive.org/browse-topic?scope=Media%2C+telecommunications%2C+and+information
This database includes information about government policy and media industry regulations with regards to all forms of communication.

http://pio.chadwyck.com/home.do
Through this database, one can search through articles and journals that explain and discuss current media policy and the rules and regulations of the past.

http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/
This database contains information gives access to various information about public affairs—including policy making in the media industry.


Websites

Media Market Research

http://www.marketresearch.com/browse.asp?categoryid=92
This website contains comprehensive market research and company reports on the Technology and Media Industry. Here one can find reports on the Broadcasting, Cable, HDTV, Digital TV, Electronic Publishing, and Printing Markets.

http://mediamarketresearchcompany.com/
This site has information about the study and measure of the audiences for all types of electronic and print media, on all available technologies, from mobile phone and music devices to newspapers

Television and Film

http://media.einnews.com/
Many of the discussions on this website are centered on the television aspect of media and the developments and controversies attributed to it.

http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html
This website is focused on sharing information about various film festivals and new films being produced.

Entertainment

http://www.dmoz.org/News/Media/Industry_News/
This site explains new and upcoming aspects of the television, radio, music, and film industries with a specific focus on the entertainment aspects of each.

Lab Exercise 2

Individual User:
http://www.wow.com/
This is a blogging site dedicated to communicating and sharing the individual experiences and knowledge that players of World of Warcraft possess.


http://passionforcinema.com/
This blog is all about various individuals and their opinions of films or their viewing experiences.


http://drtelevision.blogspot.com/
On this page, the blogger discusses how different media affect him personally. For example, he discusses his opinion about email advertisements and television shows.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/
The articles on this site disclose the writer's thoughts about newly released DVDs. He discloses all of the various affects that different media films have on him personally.


http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/dac/blog/
This blog has articles that reveal and discuss the concerns of internet content and how it will effect the individual. For example, it expands upon the concern parents have regarding their children and exposure to negative internet media.

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/
This blog explains how people use their cellular devices in their personal lives to communicate, and it also expands upon new technologies related to cell phones. Therefore, it could also fit under the hardware/software category.


Hardware/Software:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/
This blog is about new technology gadgets. Many of the articles explain the motivating factors for using the innovations.

http://zigzigger.blogspot.com/
The blogger of this site explains new software innovations such as the new ability to cut and copy google book and magazine pages to post to a website much like the internet community has been posting youtube videos for a few years.

http://www.crunchgear.com/
This blog discusses new innovations and explains how users will benefit from the developments.

Organizational Infrastructure:
http://cinematech.blogspot.com/
On this site, the blogs are related to various media and technology production/distribution organizations and important decisions they have recently made. For example, it discusses why Disney bought Marvel Entertainment and discussion material covered at the biennial NAMAC (National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture) conference.


http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/showcase-14/
This blog discusses the safety and privacy issues that media corporations must abide by and respect.

http://agnesvarnum.com/tag/blogger/
This blogging webpage explains how information is passed on and new ideas are spread in the cinema industry through film festivals.


Social System:
http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/Fall08_Mccracken.html
This blog explains how new technologies are affecting campaigning methods in the political realm.

http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/lastword/index.html
This blog discusses the various means of technological communication by which Obama has produced his public image.


http://ta3beer.blogspot.com/
This blog discusses Obama's poltical speech to the Muslim world and how the viewers are affected by the televised discourse.