Online Technology

I am deciding between doing my analysis about either facebook or flickr. Both are online communities that I am involved in and think would be interesting to write about. I will post a new blog when I make my final decision about my topic.

Technologies:

1)Flickr
2)Facebook
3)Youtube
4)A dating website (I will look around for a few different ones)
5)Myspace

I also want to look around for something that I maybe haven't heard of before.

Discourse Communities

a list of discourse communities that I belong to:

NMSU
New Mexico
Santa Fe
college
facebook
myspace
Flickr
lomography
dance
couples
photography
blogging
youtube
english 211: Identity & Media
indie music
journalism majors
obama fans
women


A discourse community is a group of people that use language to achieve a common goal or purpose. I used to dance a lot in high school, and that discourse community had very specific vocabulary that helped us work together as a group. Without the knowledge of that language, you were not able to participate in the class or the larger dance pieces we were putting together. Each dance piece was put together from several different dance "moves" that are refered to by very specific vocabulary.

Thesis:

This ad is sucessful because it uses emotion to appeal to skateboarders, who are likely a key audience for this ad, and also catches the attention of other athletes who are likely to look at this ad but not necessarily be aware of the issues surrounding skateboarders and the public attitude. The ad portrays Nike as a company that is out to serve the more modern, and perhaps rebelious culture, as opposed to those shown in the commercial to be getting angry (older people and police). Nike is there to support the athlete, despite what others may say about this group of people.

Nike Skateboarding Ad

http://www.gnarstar.tv/skateboard/play/index/73/What_if_we_treated_all_athletes_the_way_we_treat_skateboarders

This ad shows that people's reactactions to skateboarders seem ridiculous when used against athletes who participate in a sport that is more widely accepted and less controversial. It is funny and it catches your attention becuase of the audio in the video and the actions that go along with it.

welcome

welcome to the blog. just a little project for my english 211 class.