Homework- Media Appreciation #3: media of the future

Here you are looking for something out there that will possibly be the "wave of the future"!  For an example do a google search of the X-box 360 project Natal.

1. Find “something” new that we’ll see in the future
2. What is the immediate use for the maker’s product?
3. What impact will this product have on us, the users,and/or the world?

All these appreciation excercises should be about a page typed on your Blog.  You have until June 4th.  If however, your assignment is posted 2 weeks after the posting of these quesions, you will get penalized.  There is no set answer, so let your thoughts ponder the questions and go in whatever direction it takes you (as long as you don't go too far from the overall topic).

Homework- Media Appreciation #2: Buffolo Bill

This is the second in a series of "Media appreciation" assignments.  This is based on a documentary done about Buffolo Bill- (link here- but to see the whole thing you'll have to become a member of Veoh Video)

1. Give at least 3 examples (with details) where the lines between reality (history) and entertainment (media) became blurred during the life of William Cody (AKA Buffalo Bill).
2. What reasons do we have to call Buffalo Bill the “original world celebrity”?  Explain.
3. How could Buffalo Bill have benefited from new media?  Who would have been some of his Facebook friends?