1. Mai

    Gossip! Gossip! Gossip!

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    People are able to find gossips about hollywood stars easily through internet.The development of technology has made it very easy for anybody to check the latest gossip online from their computers and even on their mobile phones. Gossips mainly about a...
  2. Mai

    Gossip! Gossip! Gossip!

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    People are able to find gossips about hollywood stars easily through internet.The development of technology has made it very easy for anybody to check the latest gossip online from their computers and even on their mobile phones. Gossips mainly about a...
  3. Rimi Morita

    What I’ve Found Was…

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    Actually, the things were completely the same to what Mr. Lockman talked about in class... XD;;;...OH, don't tell me that you're already board!!I absolutely AM trying to add some my point of view and thoughts, too! XD;;;...WELL, first, I'm gonna point ...
  4. mome

    On fans and social media.

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    So there's this group work thing going on and word on the grapevine is that one of the groups is going to present on the connection (importance?) between fans and social media, or more precisely on the importance of fan support for social media.Cool? O...
  5. Miki Ozawa

    Pop Culture and AKB48

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    Do you know AKB48?Maybe some of you have heard the name at least one time.AKB48 is one of Japanese idol group which is really influential for Japanese pop culture.AKB48 is Japanese idol group that was produced by Yasushi Akimoto.AKB48 was advertised as...
  6. Miki Ozawa

    Pop Culture and AKB48

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    Do you know AKB48?Maybe some of you have heard the name at least one time.AKB48 is one of Japanese idol group which is really influential for Japanese pop culture.AKB48 is Japanese idol group that was produced by Yasushi Akimoto.AKB48 was advertised as...
  7. Miki Ozawa

    Pop Culture and AKB48

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    Do you know AKB48?Maybe some of you have heard the name at least one time.AKB48 is one of Japanese idol group which is really influential for Japanese pop culture.AKB48 is Japanese idol group that was produced by Yasushi Akimoto.AKB48 was advertised as...
  8. Miki Ozawa

    Pop Culture and AKB48

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    Do you know AKB48?Maybe some of you have heard the name at least one time.AKB48 is one of Japanese idol group which is really influential for Japanese pop culture.AKB48 is Japanese idol group that was produced by Yasushi Akimoto.AKB48 was advertised as...
  9. proflockman

    Checking Some Blogs

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    As we begin class this evening I'd like to spend a bit of time looking at some randomly selected blogs from the class. I'd like you to consider, in addition to the content, the way the information is presented on the page. Let's consider the typography...
  10. Miyuki

    Social Media and Pop Culture

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    Last blog post, I talked about how we are addicted to social media and and for this blog post I'll talk about how those social media have a big impact on pop culture.Almost every famous celebrities, artists, and politicians have web...
  11. Miyuki

    social media-holic??

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    Can you go 24 hours without social media?According to a study done at The University of Maryland, they found out that students are addicted to social media.The participants were forced to go one entire day without media of any kind ...
  12. Fumika

    FAN-Pop Culture Group Topic-

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    ◆◇FAN◇◆

    For this presentation, my group picks AKB48 as the topic because lately they have extremely succeeded and you can see their ads everywhere anytime.

    AKB48 is a female idol group which is produced by Yasuo Akimoto.
    They are well known about their songs Ai Ta Katta(会いたかった) and Heavy Lotation(ヘビーローテーション).
    You can watch their performance at AKB theatre in Akihabara, the top of the building of Don Quixote .

    They seem to be very popular, yet they also seem to have some troubles with their own fans.
    It probably because of their system of the position; AKB members have to get popularity to get higher position. Only high position members can show up on the TV, the music video, commersials and so on.
    Some girls who could not be very popular were already fired by the producer.

    So, some evil fans spread negative rumors of the members for getting down the popularity of high position members and raise their favorite members' position.

    For example, one of the most well known members, Tomomi Itano(板野友美)has an awful rumor.
    On the Internet, people often talk about she has had cosmetic surgery a lot.
    This picture is often used when people talk about her face.






    Another bad story is here; AKB48's fans buy tons of the same CDs which seems to creat fake popularity. 
    Some people upload pictures on the Internet that they bought too many same CDs.
    Those websites introduce that kind of cases (sorry they are all in Japanese)
    http://news4vip.livedoor.biz/archives/51792371.html 
    http://news4vip.livedoor.biz/archives/51792492.html

    The reason wy they buy so many same CDs is, the CDs have a ticket to vote the favorite member.
    AKB48 often counts the popularity of each members, and one of the ways to count the popularity is giving a ticket to vote each CD and fans vote for the favorite member.
    Because the fans want to raise their favorite members' position, they buy CDs a lot and vote many times.
    The fans often share those pictures on the Internet and show how they love their favorite member.



    Conclusion;
    Personally I am not a fan of AKB48. In fact I know only few names of the members.
    Because they're lately extremely popular, and the fans often do something too much or too bad,  I think it's a kind of big issue.
    AKB members are not doing something bad, but since they are very popular they get more attentions and troubles from people.
  13. Fumika

    FAN-Pop Culture Group Topic-

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    ??FAN??For this presentation, my group picks AKB48 as the topic because lately they have extremely succeeded and you can see their ads everywhere anytime.AKB48 is a female idol group which is produced by Yasuo Akimoto.They are well known about ...
  14. Miyuki

    Social Media and Pop Culture

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    Last blog post, I talked about how we are addicted to social media and and for this blog post I'll talk about how those social media have a big impact on pop culture.Almost every famous celebrities, artists, and politicians have web...
  15. Miyuki

    social media-holic??

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    Can you go 24 hours without social media?According to a study done at The University of Maryland, they found out that students are addicted to social media.The participants were forced to go one entire day without media of any kind ...
  16. proflockman

    Extra Credit Challenge #2

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    Thanks to this class, I've been spending far too much time thinking about the word "Derp." I find myself saying the word to myself as I'm commuting on the subways. This morning while taking a walk I realized that we know have an excellent opportunity f...
  17. proflockman

    Extra Credit Challenge #1

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    There's this teacher Alec Couros in Canada who's teaching a graduate level course as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on social networking for educators. Though I've enrolled in his MOOC, I have been following the #eci831 hastag with interest via th...
  18. Eric Edler

    My New FIXIE

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    So I thought I would practice my Japanese, so this next blog will be in Japanese!
    皆さんこんにちわ!
    今週、カスタムピスト作りました!
    渋谷店で、いろいろなかっこいいピストフレームがある。
    僕はピストを買うかな~
    メンテナンスは簡単だし、乗りやすいし。。。
    僕のロードはたくさんキロメータを走るのでいつもたくさんメンテナンスがいります。
    この新しいピストは僕の毎日自転車。ロードはツーリングとかレースの時だけ!
    MASIのSPECIALE FIXEDのきれいな色のフレーム買った!!

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    IMG_0596.JPGIMG_0596.JPGスタッフに手伝ってもらいました!カスタムホイルの作り方は都築さんと兼信さんから習いました!

    デザインはタムタムに手伝ってもらいました!


    フレームのヘッドパーツと他の組み立ては水野さんと高岡さんに手伝ってもらいました!


    皆ありがとう!





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    ピストとロードは全然違う。
    ロードよりピストは遅いけどとても楽しい!
    乗り方も全然違う。最初から固定ギアはちょっと怖い感じですけど何となくこの新しい乗り方に惚れました!

    も一回自転車に惚れました!




    この子はMariettaと言います!
    イタリア語でマリエッタは女の子の名前。賊子の意味です!可愛いじゃない?
  19. Eric Edler

    My New FIXIE

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    So I thought I would practice my Japanese, so this next blog will be in Japanese!?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????...
  20. proflockman

    Playing the Games

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    Old Schol Gaming by griffith_tuj through CC licensingSomeone once said, "you can't play the game if you don't know the rules." I would say, if you aren't sure of the rules, make 'em up yourself.This is just a quick reminder about our task for the next ...
  21. proflockman

    What are we looking for?

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    Looking Out by Donald Macleod - cc licensedAs we begin our fourth week together, it seems like it might be useful to make sure we all have a clear idea of where we are going and what we are doing in this class. As writing a blog post is a solitary acti...
  22. mome

    Project 1QAD

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    Took a shower; had an idea, with inspiration from The Daily Shoot and recent class ponderings about pop culture.Here's a proposal: Quotes. A word, a sentence; they represent an idea, personify a theme, a memory. In turn, quotes referencing pop culture ...
  23. Seira Kiani

    Pop Culture

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    Pop Culture (Popular Culture) is almost everything happening around us everyday. This includes the cloths we wear, music, movies etc, these are all part of pop culture. Mass Media has a big influence in Pop Culture, especially among teenagers, they are...
  24. Anna Tarasevskaya

    Pop-Culture

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       The definition of Pop-Culture       The term popular culture was first coined in the early 20st century. The term is typically defined as the total trend of social ideas, attitudes, and beliefs of a given society a...
  25. Stephanie Hughes

    Internet

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    Internet, a photo by hughes_tuj on Flickr.One of our readings for class was The History of the Internet in a nutshell. We haven't discussed much about this reading in class yet, but I suppose that we will get to it very soon. This reading is quite inte...
  26. Mai Ueda

    pop culture 2

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    so as Rimi suggested, I decided to write another blog about what Dokusha models are.Dokusha models are models whose fashion is popular and most of them have another work such as a university student, or wife, or something that looks ordinary work to us...
  27. Kozue Miura

    Pop culture

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    Pop culture is culture enjoyed by young people. It includes game, music, television, and so on. I want to talk about fashion.Current teenage fashion Is defined as "kawaii-worthy" fashion.The term "kawaii" represents not only cute, but also groovy, styl...
  28. Seira Kiani

    Pop Culture

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    Pop Culture (Popular Culture) is almost everything happening around us everyday. This includes the cloths we wear, music, movies etc, these are all part of pop culture. Mass Media has a big influence in Pop Culture, especially among teenagers, they are...
  29. Seira Kiani

    Pop Culture

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    Pop Culture (Popular Culture) is almost everything happening around us everyday. This includes the cloths we wear, music, movies etc, these are all part of pop culture. Mass Media has a big influence in Pop Culture, especially among teenagers, they are...

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