Nichole 3-4

So Im attempting a new approach in class which will hopefully reduce the amount of time i spent in preparation for the next test. That is to make relations to other authors on the quotes and terms that come up in Powerpoint Presentations in class instead of making all these connections during studying for the exam. So here is my new method in practice: The quote, summarized, said that our generation is now able to make comparison between the Do It Yourself method of texts and the real, that is to say studied and practiced, industry of making texts. So what does this matter? I would first say that as long as something is good, the creator doesn't have to be well rehearsed in the field. Well unfortunately it doesn't work like that. Remember how Benjamin described that the cost is defined by the name on a work (a film directed by Spike Lee is going to have a higher grant for production than a film by nobody just as a piece of art is going to be more costly if the name Warhol is on it as opposed to say Lightner). We now have the comparison between the two as Jenkins points out because there are new means of dispersion like the internet. Its now much easier to be discovered as a nobody with talent even if you dont have the same practice as someone who has gone to school to study in that field (like Flo Rida was discovered off you tube as a nobody with thousands of hits to his link).

Similarly, Lyotard would say "thank god" we now have this comparison, maybe people will finally see that independent films may be different but they ARENT conforming to the blockbuster mold love comedy (as mentioned in class boy meets girl, loves girl, loses girl, gets girl again Sleepless in Seattle among countless other Blockbuster hits). He would say this is a great thing that mass production is now being compared to DIY style because maybe now people will see that unconventional is sometimes MUCH better than mainstream. The comparison that we now have the ability to make might break us out of mass production rut and into a creative independent society.

So how did I do on my new method of in class note taking?