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Abby
http://abbird.blogspot.ca/2012/01/sharing-is-caring.html?showComment=1337903736088#c5500447878752596521

Angelica
http://blibbering-humdingers.blogspot.ca/2012/04/5-look-music-videos.html?showComment=1337904347712#c2415026087294824787

Jeremy
http://ihaveacan.blogspot.ca/2012/03/media-and-self-esteem.html?showComment=1337904612174#c7955970540852792392

Allan
http://pokemongottacatchem.blogspot.ca/2012/04/mariah-carey-always-be-my-baby.html?showComment=1337905199676#c8915669915830776291

Rhys
http://500daysofrhys.blogspot.ca/2012/03/web-20-isme.html?showComment=1337913751076#c2837303715690107108

Earl
http://cornslug.blogspot.ca/2012/05/music-video.html?showComment=1337913933782#c938170412144665705

Web 2.0 and... you? ME? US?!?

1. How will emerging technology (ie: blogs, videos, e-readers,e-books) affect literacy?

Technology has already affected literacy! So... imagine what emerging technology will do? People's grammar and language will mostly likely continue to plummet. Well then again, who knows? A lot of technology have auto correct and such installed. But, I really don't think that influences people enough. I know first hand how poorly people's literacy is online! More and more slang and short-cuts for words are being invented and it just makes people's lives a tad bit easier with them. Heck, even I use them... idk ttyl xoxo. Perhaps e-readers and e-books will promote reading because it's easier to have hundreds of books stored in one little compact device in your purse than a 50 chaptered novel. This will then allow people to read more... improving their literary skills! Only thing is.... they're sort of expensive so a lot of people won't be seeing an e-reader in their future. Sorry, my info in this paragraph was a little.. everywhere. Maybe I'll blame emerging technology for it. 2. How is Web 2.0 challenging us to "rethink ourselves" (ie: friendships, work, education, community, family etc...)?

Web 2.0 is challenging to rethink ourselves because with this device available to us, there is a world of opportunitie, and then we are challenged to choose between living in reality.. or living in the vast world of technology. We can do plenty of things with our friends, work, education, community, and family... without physically having to be there. We could just talk to them on msn instead of meeting up with them at a mall or we could have a business meeting with the co-workers via skype. Really, it's just an efficient, easier way of living. You can be in the comfort of your own home, use your own bathroom if you'd like. People prefer the easy way out. This is also a bad thing because more and more online users will become lazy. Sure it's 'easy' but it's pretty unhealthy too. Go out, get some exercise, smell the roses. We have to learn how to balance our lives online and in reality. Just saying.

P-P-Paramore

I had to contemplate on which music video I would analyze. At first, I considered Photograph by Nickleback. I later scrapped that idea due to various and quite obvious reasons. ANYWAY, with Paramore being my favourite band, I agreed that I'd choose one of their music videos. After much pondering, I have finally chosen The Only Exception.

The video commences with Hayley Williams (lead singer of Paramore) lying on a couch with, presumably, her boyfriend. At first site, the soft yellow-ish tint caught my attention. It gives the video an overall soft glow, nothing too harsh for the eye and it implies the gentle, soft sound of the song (well in comparison to their other songs, it is quite soft!). I also get this impression that the theme of the video is going to revolve around Hayley and presumed boyfriend.

My guess as to why the band created this music video is to emphasise the main idea of the song. It's not one of those videos that are purely for artistic appreciation. It actually backs up a majority of the lyrics and theme. I think that the main theme of the video is  that there may be that one person in your life that you become absolutely attached to that no one else could shake those feelings away. Another theme is that no matter how much hope you've lost in love, there could be the one person that becomes an exception to your doubtful opinion of it-- they prove to you that love can exist.

The video does emphasizes the theme because you see Hayley waking up next to this man whom she leaves a written message saying 'I'm sorry'. She leaves through a door and you then witness her going through different rooms in which she faces different scenarios. One of them is a scene with her (once again presumed) father in which she secretly takes a photo on one of his shelves that is of him and her mother. In another room, she stares at it with a look of unhappiness, implying that her parents are no longer together which in turn emphasizes the lyrics that the singer has lost all hope in love because of the result of her parent's relationship. Another scene shows her having mini dates with a number of men. She appears unsatisfied, mostly likely because none of these men are the one man she had truly given her heart to.


In the end, the video has done the lyrics justice, in my opinion. It did help me understand the lyrics better by giving me a visual instead. Kudos to you, Paramore.