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.