Amanda – New Media Studies Autoblog, Summer 07 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog Just another blogs.elsweb.org weblog Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:34:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 YouTube & Presidential Candidates… http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/23/youtube-presidential-candidates%e2%80%a6/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:34:55 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/23/youtube-presidential-candidates%e2%80%a6/ Continue reading →]]> The idea of the general public being able to ask presidential candidates questions  seems like a great idea, the only problem is there were more questions sent in than answered. So who decided what questions were asked? If you ask me, I think they should have let the general public that “plays” on YouTube decide.  That way the questions that the majority of the population was concerned about would be asked, instead of random questions like, “When will African Americans be given reparations for slavery?”  I don’t see how that has anything to do with our present government, I might be able to see it as a reasonable question if we were living in a time when people that had actually been slaves were still living, but they aren’t!  And when a twenty-something “thug” is asking this question, it makes me wonder why?! You hear lots of rap music talking […]

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]]> Web 2.0 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/23/web-20/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:29:59 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/23/web-20/ Continue reading →]]> Tonight we watched the CNN/YouTube democratic debate.  I thought it was a great way for major issues to be addressed on a more personal level.  A problem with that type of questioning is that while the people who submitted questions had time to prepare their questions and videos, the candidates did not have that same time to formulate their answers  (although I am sure they spent much time preparing answers to possible questions).  However, I think that one of the points of the debate is for the candidates to show that they are able to think quickly and come up with satisfactory answers under pressure while presenting themselves as a proficient public speaker, since public speaking is a necessary component of the presidential job description.  I feel that sending in questions via YouTube is an eye-opener for people who have not before considered how much the internet is an important […]

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]]> Not So Kool-Aid http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/not-so-kool-aid/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:38:20 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/not-so-kool-aid/ Original post by Ashley

]]> Never Turn the Computer Off http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/never-turn-the-computer-off/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:35:11 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/never-turn-the-computer-off/ Original post by Amanda

]]> Who Left This Yogert In The Bathroom This Morning? http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/who-left-this-yogert-in-the-bathroom-this-morning/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:33:13 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/who-left-this-yogert-in-the-bathroom-this-morning/ Really? ‘Cause who eats yogert in bathrooms anyway?

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]]> Pandora Music Genome Project http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/pandora-music-genome-project/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:12:08 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/pandora-music-genome-project/ Original post by Amanda

]]> Easily Record Last.fm http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/easily-record-lastfm/ Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:05:57 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/07/03/easily-record-lastfm/ Original post by Amanda

]]> Charlie the Unicorn http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/06/27/charlie-the-unicorn/ Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:59:10 +0000 http://blogs.elsweb.org/nms07autblog/2007/06/27/charlie-the-unicorn/ Original post by Amanda

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