4.28.2004
What I learned Online, this semester.
Well, I have been amazed at all that has been written, created, shared, and critiqued pertaining to new media. I was ignorant to how much is out there under the heading "new media", beyond just the stuff about porn and pop ups. There are entire communities that I had no idea existed, and not the weird sort of sites that I had imagined when they mention on the news that there is some sort of secret chat room or something. I lost my train of thought. Also, I have learned that there are a lot of people out there who have been online and experiencing alternative realities for a lot longer than I had thought, the wide variety of info that has been made available simple due to the "internet revolution" is hard to grasp. We have covered a tiny fraction of it in this class, yet we have hit on so much more than I had previous knowledge of. Anyways I think that's what I meant, it is much more articulate in my head.
