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Klosterman, C. (2011). “Space, time and DVR mechanics.” Grantland., 4 pages. •Paper #1 is now due to Tlearn Friday (4/3) before class, Enjoy the Extension! Topic: Jacob Sanchez’s Personal Meeting Room Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/2622686644 Meeting ID: 262 268 6644 If your wifi drops out and you want to call into our zoom meeting: Call into oneContinue reading “Agenda 3-30”

Reading Summary Klosterman describes how watching sports games live feels differently than watching them prerecorded. He gives five reasons for this feeling, broken down into the rational and irrational. In the rational, he says that the removal of commercials erodes drama,by watching a game after the fact, he consciously distances himself from the actual experience,Continue reading “Space, Time and DVR Mechanics”

Summary of Reading: This week’s reading focuses on the impact of electronic media on social behavior. One theory the author discusses to with regard to this topic is the work of the sociologist Erving Goffman. Goffman proposes that we “are constantly changing costumes and roles” as we learn conventional behavior and adapt to the demandsContinue reading ““No Sense of Place”: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior”

Reading Summary The excerpt begins with a story in which the author describes how they told different stories of the same trip to different audiences. That these different accounts were all the truth but different parts of the truth. The author states that they did not know that in some situations it was normal toContinue reading “Introduction: behavior in its place”

Reading Summary In the article “Space, Time and DVR Mechanics”, Klosterman talks about how he feels there is a big difference when he watches live sports games vs prerecorded games. The author believes that it has to do with 5 reasons broken down into two categories the rational explanations and the irrational explanations. For theContinue reading “Space, Time and DVR Mechanics”

Reading Summary: The reading discusses how you can discuss an event with different audiences and highlight different things based on your audience. One’s constant behavior is their behavior across situations. Sociologist Erving Goffman describes social life a as a drama where we perform different roles in different social arenas, depending on the nature of theContinue reading “Behavior in Its Place – Friday”

SUMMARY In this week’s reading, the author brings up the concept of excitement surrounding live sports, and the phenomenon of losing this excitement when an event is watched later. He explains it in 5 reasons. First, he says that without live skippable commercials, the viewer loses out on some of the drama. Second, he believesContinue reading “Monday: Space, Time, & DVR Mechanics”

Reading Summary This reading discusses how several films attempt to illustrate the theme of reality. The author uses the movie, “Vanilla Sky” as an example of how viewers usually judge modern films based on other factors like the actors instead of the actual theme of reality. The reading adds reviews of the film from otherContinue reading “The Awe-Inspiring Beauty of Tom Cruise’s Shattered, Troll-Like Face”

Reading Summary: In the article “Space, Time, and DVR mechanics,” Klosterman discusses the concept of watching events live versus watching recorded events. In the article, Klosterman examines the question of why these recorded events are less enjoyable than the live version. In the end, the author finds that it comes down to the fact thatContinue reading “Space, Time, and DVR mechanics”

Summary In this article, the author discusses the divide between successful movies and interesting movies. He claims that movies have become less thought provoking and have skewed more toward efficiency, because this will bring in more money. In the past, films would validate social evolution and introduced a vision for the future. However, modern realityContinue reading “The Awe-Inspiring Beauty of Tom Cruise’s Shattered, Troll-like Face”