Wikipedia Article Edit (Follow up)

After just submitting my last post, it seems that someone has already deleted my post leaving this message,

"Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to the page Football (ball) has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)"

It is very interesting to see how quick someone could remove your post because it was literally posted 5 minutes ago, if that. So, I think this shows the importance of the internet and how frequent someone may be online right there to delete your comment if it seems to be irrelavent.

Overall, it was a cool thing to try, but I was not expecting it to be removed that quickly.

Wikipedia Article Edit

"FIFA also makes soccer balls which seem to be the best soccer balls around the world. Their dynamic structure and strict design are amazing to the game. Today everyone all over the world should consider purchase one of these balls because there is really nothing else like them around the world. Just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!"

Above is the passage that I used to edit the wikipedia page. I edited today and I will check to see how long it takes for someone to edit that post and erase. Here is the link to that wikipedia page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(ball)

Since the topic of the soccer ball is not as important as topics with bigger issues and more importance, I believe it will take alot longer for someone to edit my post and erase.

Sociology of the Mass Media (Web 1.0 and Web 2.0)

After learning about web 1.0 and web 2.0, I was very interested on the topic so I thought to research it further. A brief understanding of the topic is web 1.0 was when one had to almost have a great understanding and a degree in computers in order to work with 1.0. Its more of the human sitting in front of the computer putting in codes in order to form a website, whereas web 2.0, the form is already there and all we have to do as the user is just upload whatever we are working on. A few short years ago, in order to upload a video to sites like google, youtube, collegehumor, etc. one would have to have this great understanding of computers in order to upload the video. Today with web 2.0 we just hit the upload button as we sit in front of the computer in order to upload the material that we want. I found this topic very interesting to discuss beacause as we grow so does technology and it continues to expand every day. Each advancement in technology is just a continuous leap to something bigger and better and it seems to never stop. So, I thought I should include more information about web 1.0 and web 2.0 before I finished the blog. So here is more information on the differences between the two which another user had submitted. http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/05/web-10-vs-web-20.html

Sociology of the Mass Media about Goethe

Goethe, pronounced gur-tah or go-tay was an interesting topic to talk about. He is a philosopher, and the figure of enlightenment. He was from Germany and according to George Eliot, "he was the greatest man of letters." Along with Goethe we also learned about Gemeinschaft and Geseillschaft, where Gemeinschaft is community, clans, tribes, and status is given and you are born into it. This is also known as ascribed status. Geseillschaft is much different than this.
Goethe was one of the most important figures in German writing which is shown through his work. This blog that I am going to post is very interesting and I had never learned this about Goethe before. He actually has an institute under his name.
http://www.blogged.com/about/goethe/

Sociology of the Mass Media

Could today's society live in a world without cell phones, computers, and other technology that continues to excel in our society? That is a tough question to answer. We have grown so accustomed to having our phones attached to us where we feel lost without them. But then we ask, how did society survive without them when there were no cell phones and computers etc. Personally I love technology, but I do not need to be around it all the times. There are some people who begin to get obsessed and addicted. Today some businesses use all internet and emails which makes less face to face communication. This is how technology can effect the society around us. Sometimes it is for the better and other times it can be a great problem.

I thought that this article was great one to use due to its relevance. http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2007/03/how_blogs_make_technology_feel.html