This post is the summary of the third day of the CAMS 2391: Memetic Communication course at Ohio Northern University. The focus for this day was to discuss the connection between culture, social networks, communities, and ways of reading mediated and cultural work to the larger discussion of memetic communication. This summary reflects the material taught January 18, 2019.
This is the summary of the second day of the CAMS 2391: Memetic Communication course at Ohio Northern University. The focus for this day was to provide some operational definitions for terms we will be using in this course. This summary reflects the material taught January 16, 2019.
Another area of theory that can help a person use the knowledge from maps and guides in video games and apply that knowledge towards evaluating real-world emotional experiences comes from an era before mass-produced video games. Erving Goffman was one of the more recognized and well-respected sociologists in the 20th century. Goffman (1985) developed the …
This is the summary of the first day of the CAMS 2391: Memetic Communication course at Ohio Northern University. The focus for this day was to set up the ground rules for the semester in terms of class structure and the role of the student. This summary reflects the material taught January 14, 2019.
The first time I had hash was when I visited an American Legion Post in Williamsburg, VA around the spring of 1996. I won the American Legion Americanism & Government Contest for that year and was invited to visit Washington D.C. and the surrounding area. Part of the trip was to visit some of the …
I had the pleasure last year of being asked to produce a radio drama for WONB-FM as the conclusion of an Acting for the Camera workshop hosted by the Department of Theatre Arts and taught by Malcolm Raeburn Read from the University of Salford’s School of Arts and Media. All of the acting and editing was …
A more apt representation and simulation of how to map out the social and cultural terrain using affect theory might be from “Minecraft.” “Minecraft” is a more open-world experience than “Breath of the Wild’ as the player is responsible for maintaining and creating most of the elements that appear within the world of “Minecraft.” Unlike …
A person dealing with the spectrum of various emotions and affects often needs a good model for processing this information. Examining “Breath of the Wild” and the relationship between the main character (Link) & his ability to navigate a foreign terrain can help create this model.
Those lucky individuals who owned a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and had a subscription to Nintendo Power at the end of 1989 were rewarded with both the game “Dragon Warrior” and a guide to help play “Dragon Warrior.” (Oxford, 2018). This rare moment of generosity by Nintendo promoted not only the role-playing genre on the …
Happy new year! This is refresh of the series of end-of-the-year review posts that I used to do. The focus is now on the lessons from 2018 and how to apply them to 2019.