Melanie Beltran

Melanie Beltran MCS 244 April 29, 2019 Mashups are collaborations between two or more companies or artists. Mashups have consequences for companies and artists. In Henry Jenkins’ “Taking the You Out of YouTube?” it states, “YouTube, along with Second Life, Flickr, Wikipedia, and MySpace, has emerged as one of the key reference points in contemporary …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 April 10, 2019 In the article, “You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You” by Paul Tassi, Forbes, it states, “Realize piracy is a service problem…Piracy is not raiding and plundering Best Buys and FYEs, smashing the windows and running out with the loot. It’s like being placed …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 April 10, 2019 In the article, “You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You” by Paul Tassi, Forbes, it states, “Realize piracy is a service problem…Piracy is not raiding and plundering Best Buys and FYEs, smashing the windows and running out with the loot. It’s like being placed …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 April 6, 2019   Social software a blessing in disguise because they help us interact and communicate through communication tools from the internet. In Michelle Kasprzak’s ”Abundance in Scarcity” it states, “New boundaries are built, and old ones are destroyed by those who approach from other disciplines, or by those who …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 March 23, 2019   The medium is important to how we consume digital media by connection through a media source like a newspaper, television, radio and other forms delivering messages to people. In the article, “The Medium is the Message, by Marshall McLuhan” it states, “‘…the medium is the message’ because …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 March 23, 2019 Apps have changed the marketplace because transactions have been made through apps and have been monitored from created apps. Browsers have become useless and inconvenient to users which is why the usage of them has decreased. In the article, “The Mobile Browser Is Dead, Long Live The App,” …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 March 12, 2019   Media forms translate across cultures through the access of internet. With just one click of a button, you are suddenly sucked into a world of an endless amount of internet content. In the article, “Media Literacy: A National Priority for a Changing World,” it states, “Today, the …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 March 6, 2019 Connecting physical objects to the internet is beneficial because it helps spark up a conversation. It is a way and method to converse with one or many people regarding the blobject presented and the conversation will gradually build. Essentially, drawing conclusions based on discussions that the blogject sparked …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 February 26, 2019 Reality television is dramatic entertaining in the eyes of those who enjoy it. The way we communicate to one another is through colloquial language. It helps the audience, in some way, become present with the people on the show that’s being filmed. In the article, “The Future of …

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Melanie Beltran MCS 244 February 17, 2019 Crowdsourcing changes the way that companies approach creating content by selling goods and services that equally appeal to consumers. Technology has only advanced over the years and has both benefited and hindered businesses by trying to attract consumers. In the article, “The Rise of Crowdsourcing” states, “Technological advances …

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