Below is the link to my hubsite, which will lead you to all my other work. Thanks everyone!
www.jillianford.weebly.com

Hubsite: http://english363.kelsiesmith.net/blog/

Midterm Project: http://kelsiesmith.net/adderallalternatives/

Final Project: http://www.kelsiesmith.net/notfunny/

Final Coursework! - Emma Reigel

Hubsite Page: http://emmarei.weebly.com/ - 

     has all course work under course work for both projects and assignments outside of projects

Midterm Project Site: http://helpthearcticc.weebly.com/

Final Project Site: http://agricultureresearch.weebly.com/

Sites completed and in progress

Folks, here are the sites I have completed or in progress. The links are also available at the top of the course syllabus. 

Chloe Renee Lily Kronfeld Josh Bloom Hiro Kusumoto Jessica Andrews Malika Anderson Erin Penney Krysana Maragh Arome Obende Savannah Bacon Ocean Clarke Emma Reigel Jill Ford Caroline Adams Lena Sheorey

There is some really great work in there, and I'm proud of the effort you all put in. If you have an extension, please post your own hubsite with completed coursework page when ready before August 31. Have a great summer. 

Hub Page: http://oceanclarke.weebly.com

Midterm Project: http://journey2unknown.weebly.com

Final Project: http://savingthereservation.weebly.com

Final Coursework!

Midterm project: http://notjustanotherathlete.weebly.com/

Final Project: http://aclmental.weebly.com/

Hub site (all coursework available): http://savannahbacon.weebly.com/

Links to Finished Websites

Hubsite: http://jessicatandrews.weebly.com/ (all course work can be found here)

Midterm: http://effectofmusicstreaming.weebly.com/

Final: http://highereducationforthemiddleclass.weebly.com/

Completed Coursework

All of my completed work can be found on my hub site

Hub Site

Midterm Project

Final Project

Erin Penney Finished Coursework

Hubsite: erinpenney.weebly.com
Midterm: http://fandommentalhealth.weebly.com/
Final: http://classandcountrymusic.weebly.com/

All of my coursework can be found on the hubsite.

Krysana Maragh Final and Coursework

Kmaragh.weebly.com
Midterm: Dishonestacademics.weebly.com
Final:   distracteddriversedu.weebly.com

Above are links to my hubsite, wherein you can find all of my coursework and links to my revised midterm project as well as my final project.

Thank you!

Coursework

All my coursework can be found at

hirofumikusumoto.weebly.com/

I tried to remember everything that we did but if you see something that's missing please let me know so I can add it to my coursework page.

Thank you!

Lily Kronfeld's Final and completed coursework

lilykronfeld.weebly.com

Completed Coursework

Hi everyone!

Here is the link to my completed coursework page: http://chloe--renee.weebly.com/coursework.html
I've checked all of the links, but if you see one that doesn't work in passing, please let me know.

Thanks, and keep in touch!

Submitting coursework reminder

Folks, just a quick note to remind you to post a link to your completed coursework page here on the blog. There's a continuing issue with email containing a weebly subdomain link in emory.edu communications. Don't forget to test all the links on a library computer: I can't read privately published material. Have a great summer!

Kelley and Mickenberg Presentation

http://my.visme.co/projects/kelley-and-mickenberg-presentation-853c04

Link to everything

To see all coursework, go to http://joshuambloom.weebly.com/ and click on the coursework page.

PCH 12: Halavais

The mass-demass cycle is as follows: technology or media is created by a group of pioneers who collaborate in order to use and popularize the new technology or media, the technology or media is then taken over by a small number of powerful people (i.e. corporations), who in turn, present it to an audience, which then reclaims the media or technology as their own and begins to create with it. This is significant in terms of participatory culture because it explains the methods through which technologies and media are obtained. Blogging is different from this mass-demass cycle because it began in the hands of the people and continues to be an accessible technology for the people, as most blogging can be done for free (though there are corporations that are involved). Halavais describes blogging as a "free frame of reference" because it is a simple act that helps the user to reframe their way of thinking about the world. Blogging is an accessible format for discourse that almost anyone can use. When there is a free, accessible discourse format, the opportunity for radical sociopolitical change presents itself.

"Free frame of reference" originated in the late 1960s as a store where all of the items were free. The store had essentials such as food and clothing, and the "frame" was in reference to "a large yellow picture frame" by the entrance (Halavais, 114). The store revolutionized the way that its "customers" thought about consumption and the value of items in our society.

I can not say that I agree entirely with Halavais in terms of the perspective demanded by blogging. Self-expression has always been accessible in one public format or another, blogging just magnified the scale and audience. I believe that, with the diversification of blogging, it has still maintained its spirit as a free frame of reference. Very few people are willing to pay actual money to blog, whereas as few years ago, people would pay quite a bit of money in order to keep and maintain a professional blog. Now, there are more ways than ever to express oneself freely through the Internet.

The ideal is tarnished, though, through the commodification of blogging. In order to be a true "free frame of reference" profit would not be an issue. Now blogging sites are able to make money off of their users through the use of advertising. Yes, the users may not have to pay directly, but they are still being used for monetary gain.

Equality within the attention economy is a difficult idea to navigate. Perhaps equality within the attention economy would be an egalitarian format in which each person gets their say for the same amount of time among the same number of people.

Social media as gemeinschaft would be the use of free blogging among a group of people to organize a social protest. Social media as gesellschaft would be the requirement of monthly subscription fees for a website in order for the few people in charge to make a profit off of it.

Kelley and Mickenberg Presentation uploaded

Kelley and Mickenberg Presentation here

Hub site

Here's my hub site

Fuchs Ch 8

In Chapter 4 of Social Media: A Critical Introduction, Christian Fuchs explores the connections between Twitter and political participation. While reading, I started to think about the potential of repurposing aspects of Twitter to be geared more toward political activism and change. Fuchs states that, on Twitter, the topics that attain the highest visibility (as demonstrated by the Trending Box on the left-hand side of Twitter) are those that pertain to entertainment-related topics. However, I started to explore the idea of tailoring Twitter to be used as a political tool. For example, the Trending Box could be separated into subcategories, including Entertainment and Politics. This would allow for higher visibility within each category, therefore preventing the domination of visibility of one category over another, therefore facilitating political visibility within the interface of Twitter itself.  

Later, Shirky states that “with the arrival of globally accessible publishing, freedom of speech is now freedom of the press, and freedom of the press is freedom of assembly (Shirky 2008, 172). This statement resonated with me because I began to think about both the benefits and downsides of online political culture. I see the value of social media in politics the same way as Papacharissi interprets it - the idea that social media eradicates the line between the political and public spheres. I think that a greater visibility from a grassroots level is key to political change. I also think that, at times, the anonymity offered by the internet is beneficial in terms of political participation. It allows one’s voice to be heard, without suffering social repercussions from their peers or even an oppressive government. However, one downside to online political participation is that in person, physical spaces allow for an agglomeration of individuals that “provide opportunities for building and maintaining interpersonal relations that involve eye contact, communication of an emotional aura, and bonding activities that are important for the cohesion of a political movement and can hardly be connunicated over the internet” (186). So, at the end of the day, there are certain shortcomings of online participation that simply cannot be overcome or overshadowed by in-person, face-to-face, political movements.