Convergences 2-24

I am not usually very fond of textbooks, but this one is not bad so far. The way it shows examples of what it's saying is nice, and it helps the subject to be more understandable. It relates writing to the press and the arts which makes it easier to see the differences between message, method, and medium.

I think being able to find the message of a piece of work, is extremely helpful. Every writer, director, or painter could be given the exact same concept but show it in an entirely different way. As the consumer of the work, to be able to pinpoint the idea they were going for is a very important skill. this might also help in ways that are not directly linked to media or the arts. I think this skill helps with getting to know people. When you really get to know someone, you can understand what they mean when maybe no one else can. They can say something and get people all confused and then you could come in and explain what they mean. You can see the message in all sorts of things. This skill can also show you how other people's minds work, they can interpret the same piece of writing in a way you wouldn't think to. Once you retrace their steps though, you can begin to see what they were thinking.

Convergences

When people open a textbook to do some reading they look at it and some open the book get discouraged and say oh forget it and they don't do it especially when you hav e to read twenty pages. Twenty pages is a lot and I will have to admit I did lose interest in the begining, but IO never gave up. I would keep on reading and actually as I had read it go9t more and more interesting. In the beging they would talk about when you read you need to be thinking about the message or what it is saying, what the message is trying to convay to you and how you interpret the information that you are reading. When I read that I had agreed with that statement because you do read like that I guess that some of us have never thought of it that way before but we do read in that fashion. Another great way to interpret information that youn are writing or someone else is writing you could make an outline. When you make an outline it separates important information for people to take out of that outline and put it into their paper. I have to be honest, when I have written a lot of papers and reports in my day for school I have used this method almost every single time and it has always come out perfecctly . When you write an essay or a paper it is always always importantg to have a begining, a middle and an end. If you make or form an outline you can pull that information for your outline and start to make writting your paper easier and faster. When everyone writes a paper you want to have every peice of information neat and well organized, and if you follow this meathod you will definatly meet those goals.

Convergences pgs 2-24 (my take) (bg)

When I first sat down to read the 20 some pages in the Convergences text book, I thought I would read the first couple of lines and get bored, and end up being distracted. But I was happily surprised when I read further into the text. I found myself relating to a lot of the text. When I started reading into the Message, Method, Medium section, I started to think of all the songs i have in my playlists on my iPod. I started to think of how a lot of the songs are relaying a message in their lyrics. after reading the entire passage, i found myself picking apart the songs i listened to the most and trying to listen to the message the artist was trying to express. My end thought after reading all the text that sticks out to me is that there is multiple ways of expressing a message to an audience. You can express it through actions, but writing a message in a song or an essay can be just as expressive as actions, if not more. I found all of the text in the sections i read interesting and really good. I think this is the first time Ive actually finished a reading assignment for an English class. I think this reading assignment is one that i will always remember because i can relate to it the most, and in my opinion that makes reading to me much easier when i can relate to it. I feel like when i can relate to what i am reading i can stick to reading the entire assignment better than something that i have no clue about. I look forward the future reading assignments and blogs to post now that i know what i am reading about. i think that the whole idea behind reading things is to get a deeper understanding about modern things and a more modern attempt at teaching and learning new things.

Convergences 2-24 ( My Interpretation)

After reading the pages in the Convergences textbook I learned a lot about the media and how it delivers messages to the masses. It’s interesting how some information is priority over other information and how things can be stretched to have different meanings within the media. This is important for me to know because I must begin to recognize different writing styles and techniques for my career choice. I want to be an immigration lawyer so writing will be a large part of my job.

If one looks at television, radio or internet, one will see that tons of information flows all around and through us. To truly be aware of the world around us and what’s going on in the news and society one must do research and look beyond the information beyond what the media selects for us. I believe that was the big picture of the passage of reading.

I feel it also touches on the writing process which is a fundamental skill every writer; professional or amateur should be equipped with. The four stages of the writing process are important to include in every paper, so I cant wait to brush up on those skills in this class.

Electronic Writing

1. I have some experience with electronic writing. But I have used IM, e-mail, and twitter. I blogged on myspace before but I’ve never had any constant blogging. I also use facebook on a daily basis. I like electronic writing more than physically writing. Electronic writing is fun and you have a better experience. You can write a story without your hands getting tired.

2. I believe writing changes a lot when using an electronic medium as opposed to using a pen and pencil. I believe it changes because it’s much easier to write when using an electronic medium. It’s a lot easier for me to get my thoughts out when I don’t have to write them. When I type it’s like my thoughts flow freely. When I’m writing with pen and paper I have a hard time getting my thoughts straight and down on the paper. I think you feel freer when writing things on a computer. There’s more room for change once you finish and go back. You may not like something you said and instead of having to write the whole paper over you can go back and make changes. One negative thing about electronic writing is that people use it to get out of writing more. There are a lot of tactics you can use to make a little bit of writing look like a lot more than it really is.

Convergences (Week 2)

When I first heard that we were going to blog about what we read in the book, I thought I could get away with just looking at everyones posts and drawing a conclusion from that. It is hard to make your own blog post with your thoughts in it, when you are just looking at other people's personal thoughts. So after breaking down and reading the assigned pages, I realized that what I had read relates to so many different things.

After reading the twenty two pages in Convergences I came to the conclusion that I could relate this to something in my life. I might be going out on a tangent with this, but I am going to go with it anyway. When I got to the section in the reading that talked about audience and purpose, I realized that this could relate to my career in volleyball. ( If you would call it a career.) I noticed that playing volleyball can relate to how someone writes. Everyone thinks differently when it comes to reading something. Someone might pick Charlotte's Web and think it is the most amazing book ever. Other people may think that it is the worst book ever written. I related this to volleyball because when you are playing you have to be able to read the ball that is coming towards you. There is always that chance that you never know what is going to happen, but most of the time you can focus on the ball and really understand what direction it is going. I also related volleyball in the sense of what the audience thinks. I have been in a game where I have heard someone say, " Holy crap! That was amazing!" and also I have heard someone say something like, "Oh, anyone could do what he just did." This all goes back to people will always have different thoughts no matter where you are. Whether you are reading a novel or watching a volleyball game, you always need to be on your toes for what is going to happen next. Hopefully this blog post makes some sort of sense, but if not at least I still got something out of it.

Convergences (2-24)

When I first picked up the book to begin reading I thought it was going to put me to sleep, surprisingly it was really interesting to me. The beginning, about message, method, and medium had me really thinking about how much time is put into a simple photograph, for example, Weegee, Car Crash Upper Fifth Ave., July 13, 1941, on page 7. When I saw this i thought to myself how could Weegee stand there and go for the perfect shot instead of helping them get out of the car. Then i remembered a picture I saw last spring, on the cover of some magazine. It had a person (I cant recall the age), laying down in the dirt with a buzzard watching them, ready to eat them. And I again was confused on how the photographer could take a picture and not help. It shows how important message, method, and medium are in any type of work, photography for example, that they would focus on that more than saving a life. I also was interested about audience, purpose, and context. I didn't actually know how much went into making commercials, movies, essay, billboards, etc. until i read this. My dad works for Pepsi Cola and he has posters, and ads in his truck for when he puts up displays and I never thought of how much time is put into each poster. Sometimes ill see a commercial on television and think nothing of it, but now after doing the reading I am trying to pick apart the ads and try to guess the audience, purpose, and context. The first section was really interest and I'm excited to keep reading the book.

convergences 2-24

While reading Convergences i really wasn't expecting the book to talk about all the types of medium, message, and the various methods that are shown throughout the first reading. After reading the first 15 pages i began to think about the vast types of information that i recieve in a given day. You dont think about it till they give you all of those examples that refered to how men were proposing to their wives. I loved how it gave various pictures and examples so you could compare how different the types of medium changed and how the message took the person by surprise. It also changed my views on television and how they market products through commercials. MTV and other television networks aim their television shows to a specific age group usually from ages any where from 16 to 30. They dont bother trying to interest a group that wont be interestged into their television network. Many people have certain likes and with the uses of medium and methods different messages can be portrayed to various audiences and groups.

CONVERGENCES

When I first started reading this assignment I thought it was going to be completely different from what it ended up being, in a good way. I really enjoyed the whole idea about media and the arts portraying the same messages in different ways. I really like how they related this idea to the way men propose to women. There are silent attempts where the man simply holds out the ring. There are flashy public attempts where the man proposes somewhere everyone can view them. Then there's the romantic attempts where a woman finds the ring hidden in her chocolate cake. All these have the same message in mind.

They also talked about how the media, movies, songs, poems, really anything delivering a message, strategically outlines their plan before they deliver it. I liked that you can actually analyze movies and books and find deeper meanings. It made me think about what I see everyday. I really understand the word convergences now because of the example about how a movie can be completely different from the book it came from, but in the end they still have the same basic idea.

I also liked that they informed us about how now things can be modified and that the media paints the picture they want you to see not what actually happened. As the audience we need to at least be aware that we might not be seeing the whole truth.

The whole idea about reading things that aren't the printed word sounds very interesting. I think it's a more modern attempt at learning how to analyze things deeper. I also think it will be much easier to relate and think about the deeper ideas when they're not simply a book or novel or a reading.

Convergences

While reading through the pages in Convergences it really made me think a lot about how people use different techniques to do things. Everything varying from a writing to a picture has an important meaning that you have to find out yourself. Everyone has their own way of portraying their ideas because everyone thinks differently and has different approaches. One important thing that I learned is that while you are reading or even looking at a picture you should always ask yourself questions. By doing this you might be able to understand why the author did it this way and not another. Another important thing is that when writing you should always use an outline. Outlines are a key factor in having a well written paper. My teachers always used to make us write outlines for all of our essays because they would say that it would help us and make sure the paper was put together right. I also learned that a message can be made it many different ways. As I was reading there was a part about proposing and how any different ways people can do it. From watching tv and movies, these days you see just about every way that someone can propose. In the past years a simple question to ask has become a big thing where you now can do just about anything you want with it as in putting it on a billboard and many other ways. Just from reading these few pages I learned a lot about messages, mediums and methods.

Convergences

The recent reading from Convergences honestly made me a little more excited about this class. The whole concept of not just looking at a picture, but also seeing what message the photographer was trying to send and how they got their message across I find extremely interesting. In a way the passage I read opened up my mind when I looked at a picture I simply saw a picture, where as now I want to almost decipher the pictures meaning. I have not previously even discussed medium, message, and the method so everything is new to me. I thought it was really interesting when I read that the media in the world today, shows you what they want you to see, and not actually what happened. I also found it interesting that a book and a movie about that same book can seem completely different, can be expressed in two different forms and yet they still deliver the same message. The book already seems like it is the exact opposite of what I thought it was going to be, I am almost excited to read it because it is so different then everything I previously have learned in my writing classes.

This post's message is to prove that I read the assignment and understand it's content. The method of this post is blatantly pointing out things I found interesting in the reading and the medium is this blog. The assignment did help me to feel more comfortable with the concepts of message, method, medium. For me, it's really easy to disregard these tools of writing while reading something but I understand that I miss a lot when I don't take the time to consider these elements. Something I thought was interesting in the text was the bit on audience just because I think the book itself does a fairly good job of connecting to it's audience. The pages I read were filled with interesting pictures and anecdotes that related well with the points it was trying make. Even the way it was written was to the point and easy to understand.

To appeal to my readers I'm starting a new paragraph because it's easier to read bits and pieces then a big chunky paragraph.Something else I'd like to comment on is the comparison of art and writing. The book frequently used examples of images instead of passages to explain message, method and medium. I just find it interesting that though art it's easier to understand these concepts and that the ways of analyzing art and writing are the same. It could be said that the writing is just an medium of art. The terms message, method and medium are really broad and could be applied to plenty of things such as film, music, or comedy. Because these tools of understanding can be applied to so many different types of art I would say it's a pretty important thing to know.

Convergences

I think the first assigned reading was really easy to get through. The book gives multiple examples every time they define something. I liked this a lot because even if the words were confusing there was a visual which connected it and then made it much easier to understand. The reading especially emphasized that in writing and all other mediums interpretation is always left up to the reader and the viewer, and that it may not always be interpreted the way the creator intended. I liked this because it means that there is not always one answer which I think is an important concept in writing. Their example of the marriage proposal was a god way to convey how one message can have many different methods and mediums which actually make them completely different. I think it is important to emphasize the fact that a certain message should not always be portrayed the same way because a lot of times in writing assignments for school, students get the impression, or perhaps just do it habitually, to write whatever the opinion of their teacher is. I think what Convergences wants is for students to be able to strengthen their own delivery of messages they believe so that they can state their own opinions in an effective way. Which is what i hope to learn from this book.

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When i first bought this book I thought it was going to be really boring. I thought to myself, "wow, this book should be interesting since it cost so much". But as I started reading it, it actually wasn't that bad. I find it kind of interesting. At first I didn't know what the word convergences meant or what they meant when they said "medium". But after reading the pages I found out the true meaning. After learning what convergences meant, I was surprised of how that word can be used into the writing language. The thing I enjoyed reading about most or the thing I found the most interesting was how the book explained to us the difference between message, method, and medium. I loved the different ways people propose to each other and explaining it to me that way gave me a lot better understanding of what those words mean. One thing that is hard for me to understand is finding the purpose if a story. In convergences it talks about finding the purpose of a story, a painting, a poem, etc. For me it is sometimes hard to "think outside the box". So this is one thing I would definitely like to get better at. The last thing I actually like about this book so far is that there are a ton of illustrations. I am very much a visual learner and having those paintings and drawings and such really help put things into prospective for me.

Converge

This chapter of convergences was an easy read for me. Not only did I learn the deeper meaning of the word converge, but i learned how to successfully use messages, methods, and mediums to completely understand what is all around me. After a reading, I like to analyze the message but it wasn't until reading this passage that I discovered that there is a more constructive way to do so. I never thought about the process used to comprehend what I read. While I went through this, the visual pictures helped me understand the concept. The pictures proved to me visually that an artist, as well as an author, paints in appealing ways to generate a broader audience. Specifically, the ad for Camel Jr's would have grabbed my attention of a big range of people. The artist was conscious about the fact that his audience would see the picture and relate to it. People are swept into the ad simply because of the camel is a baby and most people, when they think about babies, have positive and happy thoughts. Furthermore, when the author words phrases or situations in ways that the audience can easily associate with, it keeps it interesting. They are consciously doing this to draw the reader in.
I enjoyed the reading because now when I read, I will not just understand the meaning from the surface. I will now evaluate deeper and look at how the author tells his/her message and what methods were used to do so.

Convergences

Message, method, and medium are words commonly used in the english language. Many people only know the simple definitions but Convergences has taught me a different definition for these words. It has taught me that message has three different meanings, one is as a descrete form of communication, two is a moral or story, and three is as an unmistakable point. I never knew really what method was to be honest. I now know that it is how the text says something. An example would be some says "hello" and another says "wassup". They both mean the same thing but are different to each person. As for medium I always had an idea but nothing really concrete. Medium in terms of English is the plural form of media. Media comes in a million different forms; television, newpaper, and the internet are just a few. Medium also has 2, kind of hidden, meanings. One of which is the physical material an artist uses such as what they use to portray their image. Marble, canvas, and paper are just a few that come to mind. Something else that is important to a piece of work is who the story is written to and how it is written to them. When something is written to a certain group of people it is important to write in a style that would appeal to them. If the peice of work is intended for a television show you would probably not write it in first person. Also you would need to consider the goal or purpose of the piece of work. Generally when something is written, it is written to serve a purpose such as impacting someones life or simply just getting the message out there.

katie allison

I learned what convergence the books name actually means, "coming together at a single point from different directions." I came across reading about the message of this, their methods, and its medium. I know all things have messages, but really have never thought to much about them, unless I am spouse to, or interested in learning the message. You have to identify things, some which might appear different then what it actually means. something is complex if we can not tell what its meaning is just by looking at it or knowing about it. While the message is what the text is saying the method is how it goes about saying it. when someone says hi to me i feel like that is a different message then if they were to say hey. But everyone says it different you just have to know the person and what they mean from it. How the method is composed to effects it. We obsereve texture, patterns, and how it was made when we see things. You see things from different points of views, the visualization of things. Some people used visualization to help them in school, for example people use outlines, or try to visualize certain things. There are patterens and many repetitions in many artist today. It is the way they like to do things. lastly medium, message and methods are normally shaped for the medium. I never thought it was related to media, or mass media. I have never thought that way. Like they said in the reading listening to a book on tape, or watching the movie of it, is a lot different then actually reading it, you understand it differently. Sometimes the meaning changes. The "Will you marry me?" helped a lot to explain all of this. There are many different ways to ask someone to marry you. They all had different messages and mediums, but the message was all the same.

I have never really thought about what i read until today, I learned that messages is what is it saying, method is how it goes about saying it, and the medium is why it is delivered in a certain way. All things have meanings you just have to interrupt them to learn more

First Reading

This reading made me start to realize the many ways in which people communicate, and how they go about doing so. Communication has been made possible through message, method, and medium. We use messages everyday in our lives to help better understand people, signs, artwork etc. However, the way that one person sees a message may be totally different from another persons point of view. This is the beauty behind messages. Method also leaves that open area for a person to interpret something in whatever way they want. I have found myself looking at things very different than other people. When multiple people have different opinions on the same topic, it allows everyone to take in consideration the different perspectives that are out there. Medium is how we receive the messages, and it has evolved with our changing world. New technology has made the way we receive messages endless. Mass media has made medium expand exponentially. By using the phrase "Will You Marry Me", the book displays message, method, and medium. The message is exactly the same throughout this passage. However, the method and medium by which this message is received drastically changes. Whether it's from simply getting down on one knee or writing it on a billboard, the message stays the same.

Audience, purpose, and context deal with all types of communication. The audience that something is directed towards is very important. You wouldn't want to be writing to second graders about politics. For one, they would not understand what you're saying, and two they quite frankly wouldn't care. Purpose always plays a big role in communicating. If your reading a text or listening to a lecture, you want it to stay on course and have a certain reason or lesson behind it. If it is scatter-brained and hard to follow, then the reader or listener looses interest very quickly. By knowing the context of a story, you tend to get sort of a background from the reader or speaker. If you know that you are reading something from a couple hundred years ago, you know that you must have patience. The text may be hard to understand and very complex. Likewise is you're reading a passage from a time of famine, for example, you know that the writer will not have a very positive attitude toward the world. By knowing all of these details of writing, it makes understand people and passages a whole lot easier.

Convergences 2-24

When I first turned through the pages of our reading I had no idea what message, method and medium were, but as I started to read the section I began to recognize everything. I see message more as a summary than anything else. Such as in the book when it speaks about breaking down a ten page paper to its main points rather than leaving in the unneeded details or summarizing a crime up in a few words rather than many. As I kept on reading I saw that when talking about message you can't just state the subject or theme, you have to be more specific than that. When reading about method I never knew it covered such a broad subject. The subjects that made it seem broad were things such as different ways to say hello or asking someone what they were doing. Also I found it interesting that method can be made by many different sources, by speaking, videos, photos and any other way you could possibly think. Method can also be changed by a simple turn of a camera or change of an angle. Medium was the easiest concept to grasp because all it is is the subject through which you communicate, computer, phone, TV, or even paintings. Reading "Message, Method, Medium: Will You Marry Me?," really helped group the three M's together. It showed that there isn't just one way to do something there's millions of different ways. In the book it showed that asking someone to marry you could be done by simply using words on a billboard, using scrabble pieces to spell it out or mowing the letters in a field.

As for audience, purpose and context, those were a different story. I thought I knew everything about these topics but as I read on I figured out I was wrong. For the audience section I expected it just to say that it was the people who subscribe to your product, but in the book it went into more detail. It began talking about how there are many types of audiences and how producers spend lots of money each year to research what the audience is interested in. Purpose is the aim or goal of the producers. When the book explained purpose it talked about how you shouldn't look at a poem or news story in the same ways because they have different purposes. Context was the only topic that didn't go into lots of detail. Context is the meaning of the story as a whole so, when a person would pull a sentence from a paper they wouldn't get the meaning of it As it states in the book, "pulled from context," is when a quote is pulled from a story and distorts the meaning that people intended. This is what I learned about in the reading.

Message, Method and Medium

I learned several things after reading "Convergences." I understand the meanings of message, method and medium and how they differ from one another. Message is a form of communication or, a point. There are different ways to portray your message. For example, a simple wave hello is a gesture that sends a distinct message. However, not all messages are easily understood. While looking at a piece of art, I may see a completely different meaning then the person standing next to me. Art is a more complex way of displaying a message. Method is what is being said. The tone in which it is spoken tells everything. If you are feeling happy or mad, your method expresses those emotions. Medium means each expression reaches every individual in a different way. We may relate to certain poetry or songs played on the radio. Medium can also be defined as physical material an artist uses.

Since the world is becoming more and more technologically advanced the fine line between fact and fiction is growing harder and harder to recognize. So how do you know if the message method and medium are correct? Take reality shows for example. We all watch shows such as The Real World, The Hills and Big Brother. Is the drama real or scripted? There are messages all throughout the media. Newspapers, magazines, TV, radio even something as sentimental as asking your loved one to marry you. There are various ways to do it and to perceive it. The marriage proposals in Convergences helped me visually on how to perceive different messages, methods and mediums. I learned that the purpose is the overall goal and aim. It helps you understand why a text was written or composed. Some purposes are not all similar even if the topic is the same. Overall, message method and medium are all so closely related it is hard to tell how they differ from one another. After reading these pages and looking at the examples, I have a clearer vision of what they are.

Convergences

The first thing i learned after the reading was about messages. There is a lot more to the message from a book, an add, a movie, etc. then you really ever think about. To really grasp the message you have to look a lot deeper into it and the person communicating it. The person communicating the message has to really think before they present it about their audience and how their message will be portrayed. Iv'e never really thought about how a simple message can go so much deeper than it's first appearance. The thought that it's creator puts into it goes a lot farther than just simply writing or drawing something off of the top of their head. This all connects with the writers method. The way they go about conveying their message. After reading about methods, I really thought about the importance of the way you express a message. The way you say anything, even if it is something simple can be perceived in so many different ways. This all goes along with knowing your audience. If you say "hi" in a dull voice to a concerned friend be prepared for them to assume something is wrong with you. The method you use to explain a message applies for so many different aspects of life that I never even considered. The third word that was discussed in the book was medium. The medium has multiple meanings and ties in with messages and methods. This is because the medium is the tangible tool used to get the message across and the affects the method the writer uses. The medium is often the media because the media is a main tool to get messages across. The book also goes over the purpose of writing the text in the first place and the context of where it came from. After reading about all of this, my eyes have really been opened to how much thought goes into each writers or artists head when they express something whether it be a writing, a song, a painting, or a commercial. I now understand the meaning of message, method and medium and how they correlate with each other. It's really surprising when you think about how all of these things affect how our world is run.

Convergences (Week 2 Blog)

After reading for this blog I understand the meanings of message, method, and medium. I have never really thought about how these go into our everyday lives. Everything has a meaning, whether it has to do with art, advertisement, or even the way we talk to someone. The next time I look at a painting or picture, watch a commercial, or hold up a conversation I will ask myself what is the point? How is it being delivered to me? Also, why is this message being delivered to me? I will look at everything differently because I now know questions I can ask myself to make life more interesting! When reading the "Will You Marry Me?" section of the reading came up I kind of stumbled upon because there are so many different variations that you can ask someone to marry you and there are so many reasons of why someone would ask you. Some situations are harder to depict then others but that's why I had read it twice because I had trouble understanding it.

When it comes to understanding texts and the audiences, purposes, and contexts come in all different ways, especially audiences. Audiences can range from race to age to religious views. And when someone takes a picture, paints a painting, or makes a show they are directing it toward to a certain audience or audiences. There so many critics out there and they put down these things because they might not be directed toward this certain critic, so people who criticize shouldn't until they know the audience it is being directed toward. Sometimes the purpose of something may not be particularly clear to everyone, but that may mean they are to young or to old or not from around that area. If I were to go somewhere out of America I may not get the humor of the place I'm at but it wasn't directed toward me. That leads me to context. Context is exactly what I was talking about with leaving America, it's where something was originated. This is my feelings toward the reading!

First Reading

To be completely honest until I read the first page of the reading I had no idea what a convergence was. I had never heard the word before in daily life or reading. I never knew how articles were broken down or how they are analyzed. I never realized how often as a society we look for the message in everything we do. I learned that a work's message and the theme are two separate ideas. When the author discussed how different texts in our textbook may seemed simple and casual on the surface but can often mask an impressive complexity, I found that to be very interesting. I often take things for face value and do not always look to find the deeper meaning of things as this book is making us do. I completely agree with the author talking about how everyone has a different method for everything. As I was taking photography I found it fascinating to observe every one's method for taking pictures such as angles, subjects, and composition. A point that the author also brought to my attention was that we outline our own works but we do not outline someone else's completed work. I never really thought about that, I usually just read the article and do not even consider the idea of outlining or editing some one's work unless I am asked to do so. While reading the section about "will you marry me?" I was surprised to hear all the different ways men ask women to this day and all the extra work they put into it (ex. photographer). After giving the article a second thought though, society again does everything differently from the way they say things to the way they do it, everything now makes sense! How the message, method and medium now go along with each other. Learning about audience I had no idea so many little features went towards your audience. The way there are little knit-picky details for ever aspect of writing, texts and every part of literature out there.

Convergences

While reading through the pages in Convergences it really made me think a lot about how people use different techniques to do things. Everything varying from a writing to a picture has an important meaning that you have to find out yourself. Everyone has their own way of portraying their ideas because everyone thinks differently and has different approaches. One important thing that I learned is that while you are reading or even looking at a picture you should always ask yourself questions. By doing this you might be able to understand why the author did it this way and not another. Another important thing is that when writing you should always use an outline. Outlines are a key factor in having a well written paper. My teachers always used to make us write outlines for all of our essays because they would say that it would help us and make sure the paper was put together right. I also learned that a message can be made it many different ways. As I was reading there was a part about proposing and how any different ways people can do it. From watching tv and movies, these days you see just about every way that someone can propose. In the past years a simple question to ask has become a big thing where you now can do just about anything you want with it as in putting it on a billboard and many other ways. Just from reading these few pages I learned a lot about messages, mediums and methods.

Hypergraphia 2.0: WELCOME!

Writting Electronically !

1) In the past I have had a few experiances with writting electronically. I have e-mailed my friends and family when they have gone on vacation or some place far away, I have left comments for people on myspace and Facebook, and I have also left people text messages. I have never twittered anybody and I probably never will. This generation of kids have become more experianced with computers and electronical writting then the past generations have, but that's a good thing. This gives us an oppertunity to share and teach the next generation what we have learned and share with them the same experiances we have had in the past.

2) When we write a letter on a piece of paper with a pen or pencil , we can write down whatever we feel and can change and change as much as we want. Now on a computer, yes we can make as many changes as we want but not as freely. When you type something in an e-mail and you go to send it to a friend , it has gone and was sent to your friend in a snap of a finger. Then you realize, wait, I forgot to sign it or I forgot to erase something I shouldn't have said, But you can't change it because now it is gone. If you wrote in a letter and you went to send it out when you close the envelope and then you realize you had to change something you can. It is easier to open an envelope and change it then to press the wrong button on the computer and not be able to change your response.In the end I believe that writing is a challenge and I believe that when you write electronically it does effect you writing in so many ways.