Drug Facts

This is an example of a drugs fact label for Nyquil. The text, in my opinion, is way too small and must be bigger. I think it would be better if the text was in a bigger font and the headings even more bolded and emphasized.

Golden Mean

http://www.thegoldenmean.com/

Rubin's Vase

The Forms of the WorldWideWeb

Web 1.0

• Web 1.0, or web, is the first stage of the World Wide Web thank links webpages with hyper links. Small businesses, shopping sites, are primary examples of Web 1.0. In the picture to the right, an example of where Web 1.0 is used.

http://www.tropicaliabraziliangrill.com/




Web 2.0

• Web 2.0 is about user-generated content and the read-write web. People are consuming as well as contributing information through blogs or sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, etc. The line dividing a consumer and content publisher is increasingly getting blurred in the Web 2.0 era.

http://www.flickr.com/



Web 3.0

• Web 3.0 is about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things.

http://www.google.com/

New Media Questions

New Media Questions

1) What are the characteristics of New Media?
     - Most technologies described as "new media" are digital often having the characteristics of being
       manipulated, networkable, dense, comprehensible, and interactive.

2) Come up with 3 similarities and 3 differences between traditional and New Media.
     - Similarities: They are both means of mass communication, they both are used to portray a
       message, and they are both created digitally.
       Differences: New Media is interactive while traditional isn't, traditional mostly paper-based
       publications, and the way they're made; digital versus analog.

3) List 4 examples of traditional media and 4 examples of "New Media."
    - Four examples of traditional media are television programs, feature films, magazines, books, or 
      paper-based publications. Four examples of "New Media" include the internet, websites, computer
      multimedia, computer games, CD-ROMS, and DVDs.

4) Why is the term "New Media" problematic?
     - The term "New Media" is problematic because is that the definition must be revised every few
        years. The term "New Media" will not be "new" anymore, as most forms of culture will be
        distributed through computers.

5) Come up with an alternate name for "New Media."
     - An alternate name for "New Media" could be "Next Generation Media."

A monster on wheels.