Final Assignment

At the beginning of the semester I thought it was good that there was a class which was like an introduction to college. The class was informative as well because it would've taken me longer to find things, like the library and knowing how to use the website better, if I hadn't taken the class. Also every assignment is posted online so I don't forget to do anything.
Group presentations were also fun. My favorite thing we did was the mid term, where we had to find a way to save the president from New York, which was a prison that he was being held hostage in. The most positive aspect of the course is that you get knowledge which you would have to find yourself otherwise. It also isn't stressful and you can go at a decent pace. You also learn vast knowledge of the 90's from Prof. Logan himself.

Social Media Consultation: Starbucks in Action

Starbucks was founded in the early 70's, so before their main clientele was adults, but now since younger people (teenagers) are drinking more coffee they have found new ways to get their products out to them. They use social media sites like twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to advertise their vast production of services. On twitter they have about 6.86 million followers. They frequently post new products and limited time deals on certain things. They start trends that relate to their products, for example now that winter is here they begin to sell their favorite winter product. The limited time pumpkin spice late. They post tons of things saying "ITS BACK, get it while its hot". It doesn't take long before people begin to upload post and pictures with the #pumpkin spice. Same thing happens on Instagram where they upload celebrities and or athletes enjoying their products. On Facebook tons of people click "like" on coffee then tons of things on Starbucks begin to come up, advertising their extensive supply on coffee. They use YouTube to showcase new products through funny and relatable situations that coffee drinkers come across and or overcome by drinking their coffee. These situations are retable to younger people since now in 2014 is their biggest clientele. They also post a lot of random things that isn't really relevant to their product but relevant/important to their customers. For example they would post things about supporting the army and or supporting the fight against cancer.They do this to attract their customers to their company as a whole. Starbucks shows their support in a lot of other things that the people seem to stand behind. This makes them more likable as a company, this in turn makes people want to buy more of their coffee. They will continue to do this because it works and it has a lot of people’s attention. Since people are visiting these sites on a daily bases it’s near impossible to ignore Starbucks. Now that every time you are craving coffee you will be driving to the nearest Starbucks thirsty for caffeine.

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http://solvedbeats.weebly.com/

Social Resume

Privacy

The Privacy Dilemma 
This article talks about how the more we post, online, the less private our lives become. It also talks about how there's only so much a consumer can do to prevent this from happening. This seems to be the obvious, but its actually a serious problem today which may only worsen in the future. If people stay updated on their passwords and account status this has more of a chance of being prevented.

Why Privacy is Actually Thriving Online
The article explains how publicity and privacy go together. It also goes more in depth talking about publicity not being a necessarily bad thing like everyone talks about. Publicity helps just as many people as it does hurt them. I think this article is on point especially how it looks at a different point of view on privacy. I believe some things you should keep public, like business, and personal things private.

Privacy Is A Part Of Civilized Society: There's No Defense For Having It Taken By Force

This article presents a similar topic, how publicity is good for many people, but instead of talking about how good it is it talks about how it's forced. We don't have much control over what goes public or who goes private and this is very true. About a year ago I posted a pic on my Instagram, which is set on private, and one of my followers screen shot the picture which others found offensive. I went somewhat public and got a lot of hate but the offense wasn't intentional. 

Privacy

Twitter - My profile on twitter is very low key. It's private, therefore people have to request to follow me. I really don't use it at all though.

 Instagram - Also set on private. People have to request to follow me and I approve or decline to decide their fate. This is my main social network account with the most activity. Still no much but I have some followers.

 Soundcloud - This account is public. Anybody can see me, follow me, look at my tracks, or my likes. Not as many people use it.

 Facebook - My Facebook account was my very first social network account. I don't necessarily use it any more, even though I should, but I'll go on to see if my mom's posted a pic or something. 

I think that Facebook has the best privacy settings even though I don't use it as much. I like how you can choose who can read certain posts and be really specific. It's also easiest to search for people on Facebook because, instead of user names, people use their own name. I've been off of Facebook for a while so I feel a disconnection between my added friends which makes me not want to post anymore. Even though Facebook is good with privacy settings, Instagram feels like a fresher start. You don't need to say as many personal things about yourself on Instagram, unlike Facebook, when you post where you go to school, where you work, where you live, etc. All I have to do on Instagram is post a picture and say one thing about it and everyone's happy.

We have decided to change our project a little to focus more on a specific topic. Which is how has Social Media affected the music industry,and what ways have the music industry adapted to these social media outlets.

Group members and Roles: 

Leader: Dominique Carter

Organizer: Sergio Sapon

Peacekeeper/Check up : Carolina Nuño

Editor/Reviser: Dalton Cramer 


Dominique Carter:

Will be researching on the copyright laws passed over the years due to the come up of all the social media sites and apps. Trying to see if their any laws passed directly to use of music, and looking into how people reacted to the new laws being passed.


Dalton Cramer:

Will be looking into the statistics of the sales of the music due to the use of Social media sites/apps. How dramatically has it changed over the years and how much it will change. Also on how it has affected the distribution of the music being sold.


Sergio Sapon and Carolina Nuño:

Will be working together on researching on social media like Twitter, Vine, Facebook etc and how it helps and sometimes hurt the artists and their music. Finding out which one is being used the most by record labels/artist and how. Also talking about how these sites/apps have taken place of the conventional ways of advertisement of music.



The resources we will be using will primarily be Wikipedia, the UHD Catalogs, and this websitehttp://www.theguardian.com/business/musicindustry. The site post allot of current events in the music industry and how certain apps are affecting certain artist and the music. It will also help us link to other sites concerning the industry and how Social media is in affect. We are also planning on going on the websites of certain record labels to see how they are using the social media to help promote their artist. We will even  be going onto the apps and sites ourselves directly to see if we see anything relating to our project. Since we use these sites daily we are sure we will constantly find new things that we can use as current events.

Blog Assignment 4

IMDB: IMDB provides us almost everything we need to know about a specific movie or tv show. As the entry I read was about the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers plot summary, delving more into the website you can find out more. Reading about the trivia, one of the articles is about Helms Deep. It says that a warrior on the wall turns to the camera, revealing his scarred empty socket. The performer who played him showed up as an extra, wearing an eye patch; director Peter Jackson politely asked to see what was under the patch, and then inquired if the gentleman would be interested in appearing in the film.

Oxford Music Online: This article is about american composer Scott Bradley. After working as a theater musician in Houston, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles in 1926 and played in theater and radio orchestras. Bradley was hired by animators Rudy Ising and Hugh Harman, formerly of the Warner Bros. animation studio, to provide music for a short sequence of animation in Paramount’s 1933 feature adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.

This book could be read online on any device with internet access.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47071/47071-h/47071-h.htm

You can read this from your Kindle with this link.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2267.kindle.noimages?session_id=b5408688df1b6ae1b6428574d297126dfdd73dfa

This can be read as an EPUB. 

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74.epub.images?session_id=b5408688df1b6ae1b6428574d297126dfdd73dfa

Old TV

3D Printed face

Hologram

World of Warcraft is one of the most profitable MMO games in history. Players collect currency to buy weapons and other gear to fight monsters, by looting or selling items to other players. The process of collecting currency at a normal playing rate, known as “the grind,” takes about four months to complete. Chinese businesses known as gold farms take over the grind from impatient players.
The Chinese gamers rarely play and engage in the long and hard task of collecting currency, which is then passed on to distributors who sell to players. Many gamers describe the shortcut as cheating, because beginners find it hard to match the productivity levels of the Chinese gold farmers. Some US players filed a lawsuit against IGE, an online World of Warcraft gold retailer. The gold farmers, who work long shifts and earn about 30 cents per hour, are the players who have the most at stake.

MBTI Test Results

ISTJ

Introvert(22%)  Sensing(1%)  Thinking(38%)  Judging(1%)

I think this test was actually able to find out a lot about me. I see myself as an introvert person and a thinker. Often I think to myself about things and I'd usually rather stay home then go out and do things. Some of the questions seemed vague and confused me. The questions described me but they also made me seem like someone who I wasn't. I didn't really need any advice from this test but it's useful to know that I'm a little like George Washington.

Members:

1. Dominique Carter
2. Sergio Sapon
3. Dalton Cramer
4. Carolina Nuno

In this group we will be talking about the distribution of music and how artist and labels copyright their music. How its changed over the years and how companies are finding new ways to get their music out to the public. Also we will discuss on how piracy effects the actual distribution and the incomes of the record labels.

• Radio
• Online access
• Apps
• Social Media

E- Books

This article talks about how consumers behave when it comes to online book selling, offering a comparison of offline and online book selling.

http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uhd.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=10&sid=c625c143-b415-4797-b350-57a6d7481221%40sessionmgr113&hid=119&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=ufh&AN=87609987

Technology

Compares people who use iPods to those who use iPhones and how they handle situations differently.

Participation with new mobile devices drives new social practices. This article engages in a close analysis of a so-called participatory culture surrounding iPods and iPhones.

http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uhd.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=7&sid=c625c143-b415-4797-b350-57a6d7481221%40sessionmgr113&hid=119&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=ufh&AN=35132727

Music Information 

Oxford Music Online lets users have access to almost all the information about composers, musicians, instruments, music forms, and terminology.

Mark Adamo (b 1962) is an American composer and librettist who first came to prominence with the 1998 première of his début opera Little Women, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Born in Philadelphia, Adamo lives with his husband John Corigliano in New York City where he serves as the principal teacher of American Lyric Theatre’s Composer-Librettist Development Program. 

http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezproxy.uhd.edu/subscriber/about

Video On Demand

Gives the user access to hundreds of online films in dozens of subject areas.

Films Media Group is the leading source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content. 

http://digital.films.com.ezproxy.uhd.edu/Dashboard.aspx

Film and Television

IMDB provides just about every piece of information you need for just about any Television show or Movie.

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

http://www.imdb.com/