Technological Genres

Youtube

Youtube comments have both affordances and constrants.

An affordance is that you can freely write what you want to write. The constraint that comes with this is the trouble of trolling. People could insulting people through the comments on their videos.

It's also can be a very positive thing. If you write something that will make the person who's Youtube Channel it is, happy and positive, they will carry on doing what they're doing. They will make more videos for the viewers to enjoy.
If it's negative, they then will not make more videos and so you can't watch anymore.

It's also almost like a community. Everyone who positively comments about the channel, all have one thing in common: they all like the person's channel. You can comment queries and people will comment and support you.

Also there is a 'report' button. This is both an affordance and constraint. It's positive because if someone has commented an inappropriate comment then people can report them so they can't comment anymore. It's a constraint because people might go around reporting people who haven't done anything wrong.


You can also 'thumb up' or 'thumbs down' a comment. This will then show hoe good a comment has been rated and then result in to comment. This then enables everyone to see what most people think.

Change of Communication

On March 10 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call which was to his assistant in the next room. The call went like this:

“Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you.”

Scottish born Bell, became an expert in sound and public speaking. Due to his understanding of sound and how it works, he taught deaf people and then went on to invent the telephone.

He wrote a letter to his dad about how he wanted the future of sound and communication to be like. He said he imagined a future where “friends converse without leaving home.”

This then led to him inventing the photophone in 1880.

The fist phone call had become so well known that he repeated it in 1915 when telephone lines were connected from East to West coasts in America.

Bell has caused such worldwide and technological discoveries. His knowledge in sound has led to things like iPhones and computers. This then led to emails and Facebook and Twitter which is another way to communicate to others.

Bell has changed the way we communicate.


Source: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_telephone_1.html

Transcript Analyses

 

K: right (arrow pointing upwards) (2) in the middle of the page (1) but more towards the left (1) draw a capital ‘Z’ (.) but on a slant to the left hand side (2)

E: How big?

(2)

K: Quite big (2)

 

A few things had gone well in our transcript. However, there were a few negatives throughout our communication.

The main problem through the exercise was that there wasn’t enough description from all three of us.

When Katie started, she described where to draw the capital ‘Z’. But she didn’t explain the size. Louis and I were then left to attempt to draw the shape to a size that we thought would be correct.

A positive of the communication was that I then asked how big, 2 seconds later. But within those 2 seconds Louis could have already drawn the shape without knowing the size.

A negative of me asking the question is that I didn’t be specific when asking.

Katie replied with “quite big.”

The problem with that is, “quite big” could be completely different to me than to Katie. So I should’ve asked a more detailed question.

For example, I could have asked, “How big roughly in cm, is the ‘Z’?”

Louis and I would then be provided with an answer that would enable us to draw the shape more accurately.

 There also were pauses many times throughout which is the reason why there was no interruptions or overlaps. This is both positive and negative. Positive because it lets the speaker think about what they are saying to be more precise for the listeners. The negative is that by the time the speaker finishes the listener would have probably drew the shape and so cannot do it again.

At the start of the transcript we can see that the tone that Katie was speaking in was positive when she said “right” by the arrow pointing upwards. She also said “right” many times during the conversation which shows her idiolect.

A final negative is that when Katie was describing where the ‘Z’ was being placed. She said it was slanted to the left hand side. She didn’t explain how slanted it was. Nevertheless, myself and Louis didn’t ask how slanted it was, we yet again, assumed we had it right.

Mini saga: Dragons

Mini Saga:

Dragons?

"What do you think we'll see?" She asked.

"Dragons?" Her sister suggested.

The girls followed the long, dreaded line,

placed their order and continued with their quest.

Arriving at their destination, they parked themselves down,

waiting for the to begin.

"There's still time for a drink!" the announcer declared.