Negative Communication

I noticed that the comments on the Huffington Post article were based on factual information. People were a bit more mindful of their negativity. No one really tried to intentionally hurt anyone's feeling or post about irrelevant nonsense. Most of the comments actually applied to the issue of gun control. At times however debates did get a bit heated.

The comments about the gun control video (on You Tube) were mostly like a year old. Some of those comments were also based on factual information. However I did read some really inappropriate comments that had nothing to do with the topic, but people trying to get attention.

The twitter comments were interesting. Users often made gun control jokes. they spoke about guns in relation to movies. There wasn't much talk about the amendment. Twitter was a mix of the comments on you tube and the Huffington Post.

I figure that people who want to make rude, irrelevant, and silly comments aren't reading the Huffington Post as often as the individual who really cares about to topic being looked into. The typical "troll" would be more present on sites like You Tube and especially twitter. It's very easy to be anonymous on You Tube and Twitter has millions of users.

Building a Community

Community may be thought of as a group of people living together in one place, often times sharing the same religious beliefs, political beliefs, and ideas of society. However in the CMC world Community can be described as a group of individuals who like similar things but don't necessarily share all the same beliefs. When presenting information, one must have an idea of who one's target audience is. Without setting a target audience it may become difficult to get one's message across to its intended viewer. Once the presenter figures out the target audience then he/she can post ideas, images, videos etc. they assume the target audience would like. This way the community will build and grow. Should the content of this group alter in any way, the community may change in that activity will decrease or even increase. In order to keep traffic flowing one must keep the content on the blog fresh and appropriate for the particular audience. In order to get more viewers and subscribers the one presenting the information must spread the word about one's vlog, blog, webpage, etc. Advertising is key! The more people who know where to access information, they more the word gets out.

Tools: Analysis

The four tools we used today were Twitter, Web Page, Prezi and Blog.

Firstly, I used the blog C4LPT to access tools I was interested in learning more about. The blog wasn't very interactive. It was very informational. I was able to find links for instant messaging tools, which led me to other links.

The tools section in Prezi gave me directions on what I had to do for today's class.

The webpage Pamela for Skype was very informational. It provided me with information about Pamela for Skype which I wasn't aware of prior to encountering the website. I learned that P4S is pretty similar to other video chatting devices such as Oovoo, iChat, and Skype. One of my options was "Download" just in case I wanted to download the Pamela for Skype application for my personal use.

Using Twitter I was able to communicate the tool I wanted to learn more about after accessing the blog and webpage. #uacmc is the topic I shared amongst my classmates and professor. This way we were all able to keep up with one another and stay on track.