The difference between form and content is not something which I am particularly knowledgeable about, but I would have to guess that form is the way in which content is presented, and content is what is actually being presented. As for youtube, I would have to say that it is modern in some ways and postmodern in others. The reason it is modern is because it is simply videos of people doing things, but it is postmodern because of the way it is presented to people. Youtube is video sharing from person to person and is not professionally done, making it postmodern because anyone can do it. In this case I would say that the content of youtube is modern because it is just video, but the form of youtube and the way it is presented is postmodern.
As for the Shakespeare sonnet, when you change the words around, you do not change the form because it is still a sonnet and in the classic sonnet form with 4 lines and all that good stuff, but the content is nowhere near what it was before. The original sonnet makes perfect sense and can be read fluently and understood by anyone with a 5th grade reading level, but when you change the words into alphabetical order, it does not make any sense, to anyone. I would argue that changing the form from the original sonnet to a sonnet where all of the words are just in alphabetical order is just a stupid practice with no real purpose. The only reason why anyone would do that is to try to cause unnecessary confusion amongst the readers of the sonnet. It doesn’t solve anything so why not just leave it as it is, accept it as one of the works of a great historical writer, and move on? There’s no need to change things just for the sake of argument.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
response to group 3
1. As far as postmodernity goes with group 3's project, they had an entire page of their website dedicated to explaining how it connects to postmodernity. I think that one sort of underlying connection to postmodernity is how the presentation was actually presented with each individual sitting at a different computer viewing an interactive website. The lack of a very direct person to person communication is a very postmodern idea.
2. A few examples from their presentation that support their claim are all of the videos that demonstrate flash mobs. However, I feel that there were way too many video examples in the presentation. I think that it would have been more productive to focus more on what a flash mob is instead of just feeding us a massive amount of random flash mob videos to try to pass the time.
3. Looking back, would you have still had us go to the library and check a book out and give it right back, or would you come up with another idea that might be a better example of a flash mob?
Would any of you ever want to personally be envolved in a legit flash mob with a lot of people that went around doing random things, or do you think that the whole thing is just a waste of time?
2. A few examples from their presentation that support their claim are all of the videos that demonstrate flash mobs. However, I feel that there were way too many video examples in the presentation. I think that it would have been more productive to focus more on what a flash mob is instead of just feeding us a massive amount of random flash mob videos to try to pass the time.
3. Looking back, would you have still had us go to the library and check a book out and give it right back, or would you come up with another idea that might be a better example of a flash mob?
Would any of you ever want to personally be envolved in a legit flash mob with a lot of people that went around doing random things, or do you think that the whole thing is just a waste of time?
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
response to group 4
1. The only thing which I did not like about the presentation was in the video where all of the little blurbs in articles were highlighted. The reason I did not like this is because all of them were changed so fast that i did not have time to actually read what they said. For all I know they could have just highlighted random paragraphs in random articles. They related to postmodernity by saying that there is not much emphasis on the high and low ground and therer is more emphasis on the middle. Also, now everyone can connect with anyone through the internet instead of having one person connect with many.
2. One example which I thought would be good for this project before, I even saw that it was in it, was the family with the balloon in Colorado. That is a prime example of a family pulling a stunt to try to get noticed and using the fact that they knew the entire country would cover it and feel sympathetic about it if they said that their son was in the balloon. Another example which supports the group's position are all of the random videos on youtube which show people doing stupid, sometimes even painful, things just to try to get noticed. All of those videos are prime examples of poeple just trying to get noticed and have their 15 minutes, or 15 seconds, of fame.
3. My two questions are kind of on the personal level, they are as follows:
Do any of you personally want to be famous?
Would you personally rather be infamous or not remembered at all?
2. One example which I thought would be good for this project before, I even saw that it was in it, was the family with the balloon in Colorado. That is a prime example of a family pulling a stunt to try to get noticed and using the fact that they knew the entire country would cover it and feel sympathetic about it if they said that their son was in the balloon. Another example which supports the group's position are all of the random videos on youtube which show people doing stupid, sometimes even painful, things just to try to get noticed. All of those videos are prime examples of poeple just trying to get noticed and have their 15 minutes, or 15 seconds, of fame.
3. My two questions are kind of on the personal level, they are as follows:
Do any of you personally want to be famous?
Would you personally rather be infamous or not remembered at all?
Monday, November 2, 2009
3 videos response
In the first video with Will Ferrell, it is obvious how this would reach a younger audience. Everyone knows how funny Will Ferrell is if you have ever seen Anchorman, Step-Brothers, or any of the other hilarious Will Ferrell movies, so it is not hard to see why a younger audience would want to watch this video, even if it is speaking about a not so funny topic.
In the second vidoe, we're number 37, the content is presented to you in sort of a song form with a very fast paced, uptempo feel to it. In this day in age, people have such short attention spans and are easily distracted, so a slow documentary type presentation would not be nearly as effective, especially to the younger generation. Also, I feel that this video is almost the definition of postmodernity because it is a self-made video which a man has created and is now spreading around the world without the help of a major filming company. The ability to do something like this is a very postmodern idea.
The last video is pretty much the complete opposite of what I said was good about the first two videos. The first two were short, sweet, and to the point, but the last one required a lot more time than I would normally spend watching a video. That short attention span idea comes back into play because there are not many people, including myself, who are willing to sit there and watch a youtube video which is almost 10 minutes long. Also, I do not feel taht this video is really postmodern in any way because it was basically just people talking with nothing really catchy about it that would make me remember it. I believe that the information in the video is useful, but I think that it was simply presented to us in the wrong way.
In the second vidoe, we're number 37, the content is presented to you in sort of a song form with a very fast paced, uptempo feel to it. In this day in age, people have such short attention spans and are easily distracted, so a slow documentary type presentation would not be nearly as effective, especially to the younger generation. Also, I feel that this video is almost the definition of postmodernity because it is a self-made video which a man has created and is now spreading around the world without the help of a major filming company. The ability to do something like this is a very postmodern idea.
The last video is pretty much the complete opposite of what I said was good about the first two videos. The first two were short, sweet, and to the point, but the last one required a lot more time than I would normally spend watching a video. That short attention span idea comes back into play because there are not many people, including myself, who are willing to sit there and watch a youtube video which is almost 10 minutes long. Also, I do not feel taht this video is really postmodern in any way because it was basically just people talking with nothing really catchy about it that would make me remember it. I believe that the information in the video is useful, but I think that it was simply presented to us in the wrong way.
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