Quick Defs
Blogs. Shortened version of Web Log. A journal-esque website where the blog’s creater can add new posts (entries) in a real-time manner.
PodCasts. A way to disseminate media content electronically. Instead of recording content to something “hard” (like a cassette), content is published electronically and can be downloaded or accessed by various platforms (MP3 players, computers, cd/dvds) and in various file types (MP3s, streaming audio/visual).
RSS Feeds. RSS feeds are just a method of retrieval of “existing” content – think of RSS feeds as a golden retriever, or an awesome robot (the second might be more accurate).
Social Networking Sites. Sites such as Facebook and Myspace where education is not necessarily the main goal, but can be leveraged to do so. These sites are typically used to create groups for those of the same mindset, and to literally “connect” with people.
YouTube. YouTube is an online video sharing service – users can view content for free, or sign up and post their own video content free.
Tags
In the blog world, this isn't so much a problem (I don't think), but for youtube...man. You wouldn't believe what tags are used in videos in order to possibly get inadvertent hits -- I've literally seen recordings of people playing a solos in their room with tags like "guitar," and "shred," but also with reference to various female and male body parts that I shant name (and that you should be able to guess). This begs the question -- show a content's creator be "allowed" to have such freedom to classify their work with such keywords? How does it effect the viewer who stumbles across it? Do the keywords need to set up an accurate context for content? Are tags limiting? I don't know the answer, and I have questions for days, so I thought I'd just put that out there.
Finally, the fun part -- Textual Interpretation
The following are a couple of vid clips (durh) -- one, you may be familiar with, and one, not so much. The first mainly address the issue of the interplay between text and music, or in this case, "aritistic" renderings of music videos. Should music videos accurately reflect the song themes/lyrics present, or is artistic freedom allowed?
Second, how does knowing the "correct" context of a work impact a viewers reaction to "edited" content. Take for example the "shred" videos on youtube, initially credited to a user named StSanders, that took musical performances (mostly guitar), and overdubbed them with a similar "timing" but horribly wrong notes. Is it only funny if you know a certain song/know the relative location of the hand and know its "wrong," or again, is the context not important, but just the idea?
I don't know, these ideas are jumbled, but I just wanted to get the ball rolling on ideas.
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