When we were assigned to read a comic, i was not exactly sure what to think haha. But, while i was reading it i realized that i read it much faster and it was much more enjoyable then reading just plain text. The pictures went along with the reading and they were very helpful to understanding the text. I also really enjoyed the article and how it discussed how a simple smiley face is really just a few lines. But, everyone knows what it is and when we look at other things we can see faces too. Like the front of the car or an outlet. It is was just interesting the way things were explained in this comic. I really did like it and i was not expecting that.

-Melissa Ninni

I thought that all the chats made good points and brought up interesting topics. But one specific thing i liked a lot….

11:16 AM: pennyp: We are only stealing if we don’t have permision. But from what I’ve seen there are sites like darcy said tht make you pay. Any way who wants to go out and buy a ten/ twenty year old album. In those cases it should be free. I can go to the library and get for free.

- I completely agree with this statement. If you can go to the library and get it for free, then why can’t you just download it for free. I also feel that there is no point in buying an album if you only like one song on it. Downloading music should be okay. The artists of the songs already have a lot of money from music videos, t.v. shows, or concerts. Downloading a few songs isnt going to hurt any of them too badly. Once people download one or two songs from the album they can see if they like it and then go and buy th cd. Usually if a person knows they like an artist they will just go buy the cd and not spend all their time downloading the entire album.

-Melissa Ninni

Internet plagiarism is a widely growing problem in today’s society. As Rebecca Moore Howard states, “the internet makes texts readily available for plagiarizing.” This quote is very true, students can find almost any assignment online. Because of this, teachers and professors have been coming up with more original assignments so that it is more difficult for students to find papers exactly on their topic. However, students can still plagiarize different parts of their assignments. As Howard states in her paper, there are over 200 “cheat sites” and a billion other pages. Having so many sites available, means that almost any topic can be found online and students will be able to find a few sites and combine information. Even though, some students understand that what they are doing is plagiarism there are others who do not actually think that combining other people’s thoughts and writing their name on the paper is plagiarism. Therefore, i do not think that we can only blame the internet on the increase in plagiarism. The internet does provide entire written papers for students and this has made plagiarism increase. But, students need to be taught more about plagiarism in school before they begin writing papers on their own.

-Melissa Ninni

The man who created LonleyGirl grew up without regular tv and he rarely watches it now. “But the series he created shows that Internet TV has arrived. The phenomenon is partly driven by technology – Lonelygirl15 wouldn’t exist without the explosion of broadband and the advent of YouTube”

I feel that this is very true. There is a huge explosion of broadband and YouTube users. People can watch almost any show that is on tv, on the internet. Some channels have even come up with shows that are made just to be put on the internet. And anyone can post onto YouTube. People put up all kinds of videos about almost everything. Technology plays a big part in our everyday life and we would not be anywhere with out it.

-Melissa Ninni