Oh how I wish I was a little bit better at the sociological
thing. The more I think about it, the more appealing it sounds. I
think that either way I do it, I'd most likely focus the story,
in some way, shape or form, around the idea of pictures being
such a key component of conversations. I've observed this
phenomenon through quite a few different social media - Facebook,
Pinterest, Instagram and even SnapChat being a few of them - and
it's all been the same thing. I'm also taking a introductory
class on advertizing and public relations (don't ask me why I'm
doing this in my final semester) and the professor has shown us
countless TV commercials advertizing various brands and products.
In all except one of them, all the really interesting
attention-getters have been things I've missed because, of
course, it centered around what was happening on screen.
Oh, and the interesting thing about your social media comment was
that we discussed that very thing (or very nearly the same thing)
in our small groups at the meeting last night. Lol.
Anyway, off I go to finish this case response. I sent the
professor an email a couple hours back, because the schedule says
to have it on Blackboard by 5:00 tomorrow night - which would be
nice, because I have lots of time to do it tomorrow - but we've
gotten into the habit of discussing these things in class, and I
really don't want to look stupid and not have mine finished.
Needless to say I haven't heard anything back, and probably won't
because it's exactly midnight. So, I'm
screwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwhwed.
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Date sent: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:37:51 -0500
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I think it could be interesting. Maybe you could use it as a
way to
educate others on different ways of communication via social
media, or
discuss cultural norms from a psych standpoint a bit. I like the
idea.
I have similar issues; my roommates (or at least the cool ones)
have
all learned that if I'm going to get a joke about a picture, they
have
to tell me what it is they're laughing at. With people who
aren't as
close to me, or who don't understand blindness as well because
they're
not around a blind person every day, it's a little more tricky.
You could also turn it into a social media thing, and take some
of the
sociology into it like Lil suggested. For example, my roommate
is
obsessed with Buzz Feed, and I really only take the quizzes on
there
through her, because otherwise I need to use windows magnifier
and it
takes forever for me to read the questions. I much prefer
Thought
Catalog, because it is accessible with jaws. It's interesting
how
different media fads are accepted by different groups, blind and
sighted being one such example.
Anyway, just my thoughts. I hope they help.
On 2/24/14, Nick Cocchiarella <[email protected]> wrote:
Hmm. You have a point. Although I'd imagine that approach would
probably be better left for like an essay or something. Lol.
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To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:21:20 -0500
Subject: Re: [BTT] Some furious mental debates
I agree it could be good. Maybe from a soceological perspective
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On Feb 23, 2014, at 9:10 PM, Nick Cocchiarella
<[email protected]> wrote:
What up all ye blind bastards,
As you may (or may not) know, I'm one of the ops writers for
TommieMedia, the on-campus news organization where I attend
college. Ever since before I got the job, I've been playing with
the idea of writing about how pictures seems to be almost a
pivotal part of casual conversation. I had decided, a little
earlier this semester, to drop the idea, because I really didn't
want to be the blind person whining about how his life really
sucks because of pictures.
However, something happened today - a mere three hours before
my
job meeting, might I add - that brought the idea to the
forefront
of my mind once again. I was sitting in my roommate's bedroom
with my roommate himself, his girlfriend and a few of his guy
friends. Seemingly without preamble, they started hysterically
laughing because of something that turned out to be on Josh's
phone. I felt really stupid because, for the umpteenth time in
my
life, I felt inclined to ask what the joke was, and I felt
really
stupid doing so because they really couldn't describe it.
Now, after spending half of the job meeting talking about story
ideas in groups, I feel like at least pitching the idea out
there... but I really don't know how to do that. I want to do it
in such a way where I'm observing this phenomenon from possibly
a
blind person's point of view, but I don't want to be a whiner.
After that kind of pointless rant, I ask you this. Do you
observe the same thing, particularly on the social scene? Do you
think there's an angle from which I can do this while sounding,
well... with it? Is this even a good idea to begin with?
Oh yeah, I'm not asking you to like, write the story for me or
anything. Just in case you get confused by what I'm trying to
ask. I'm just bouncing the idea off of people who are, by in
large, in a similar sort of situation..
Thanksages,
Your dictator
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