Intro to Media Studies BBS

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About: 21L.015 Lab

Wed, 05 Feb 1997 16:16:51 EST

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    I chose this site because it shows the convergence of many media
    forms and how they can work to reinforce each other. Primarily it's
    about a movie and I've noticed that many movies (among other things) are
    beginning to have web sites. In a way it's a advertising but it also
    allows for a degree of interaction and personalization not possible in a
    movie and so the website broadens the movie experience. The page tries
    to recreate ST in a way we've never experienced before. Before
    Christmas this site also had a sort of game that many people could
    play. I never really figured out how it worked but it was obviously
    working on a theme of virtual recreation but was still striving to keep
    the collective feeling of a movie. Note too that it's also being
    used to advertise MSN (evil people) and thereby form a continuous loop
    of using the web to find out about a movie that informs you of a new way
    to use the web that helps pay for Bill Gate's new house.

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    -Patrick

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