Prject SPace

I visited a high school my old one. THe walls there are so much more colorful and bright and have helpful posters on it. In college the walls are white like a hospital.  The classes there feel much warmer, and approachable to the students.  The students feel a different kind of energy.

Shop-Phobia.

This may come across shocking, but as a woman I don't love shopping. I find it as a necessity more than pleasure. You will definitely not find me in the mall everyday weekend looking for cloths or whatever item for "fun". I go when I really need to for school, occasions, or to buy gifts.  According to Norton, shopping for women is something that she can use to get away from everything, being husband, kids, or the house. Or that women use it for girls day out. Time for them to engage with others. I do completely agree with this. All these are very girl things to do. It provides a little me time for women, you can even say for anyone if they enjoy browsing through the mall that is. 

Another point Norton made was, "When she spends money she exercises an authority over property that  law and custom may deny her. If she has nor resources independent of her husband, this may be the only authority over property she is able to exercise. When she  buys things her husband does not approve of- or does not know of-she further subverts an order that leaves control over property in her husbands hands." That was a mouthful wasn't it. I feel strong about this statement. I think every women should feel some control in their lives. No matter what it is. Even the smalls help. By going out and having the control over picking a blue cotton blouse or a pink silk blouse is something that can help a woman in the long run. Because being able to make a choice for yourself is pertinent. 

As for men, it seems like they are happy with shopping from catalogs while looking at women's legs in a skirt. 

MySpace's Ghetto?!

MySpace and Facebook have become addictions in our everyday life. Similar to people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol, social networking junkies count the minutes to their next profile fix, checking their computers multiple times per day to see how many shout-outs, or new friends they have acquired. Personally sometimes I guess I am one of those junkies, especially when I am bored. Some days I refresh my Facebook app constantly checking my newsfeed to see what is happening and what others are posting. In a completely non stalker way.  

Personally, I only had MySpace for about a month. The way it worked was a little confusing from what I remember. One thing I liked was that the layout really was customized to your liking. You picked any background you wanted. My favorite part was you could choose a song, so when someone visited your site it would start playing. MySpace as almost everyone says is a little confusing I remember I always had a hard time finding things for some reason, from trying to find friends to navigating from one place to the next. I deactivated it because my parents did not like me having one. Shortly after my friends introduced me to Facebook. Again shortly after I made one just like everyone else to keep up with the newest and “coolest” social network. Almost everyone I knew was already on there.  I felt like the new student in class. I did however get used to Facebook in a shorter time than I did Facebook. Which, of course, was a plus.

Facebook got started with a bunch of students from Harvard. Seems like a lot of good is coming from that university, like Microsoft and Facebook. This is why most mention that Facebook users are more in the higher social class. Which is ironic because half the things posted up there are definitely not “high class”. According to the article by Boyd, MySpace is being associated with the term “Ghetto”. Defined, it means a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships. Teens use the term probably because mostly minorities take up more of the demographic and also it is used as a music outlet. Mostly hip/hop and rap.

Personally, I only had MySpace for about a month. The way it worked was a little confusing from what I remember. One thing I liked was that the layout really was customized to your liking. You picked any background you wanted. My favorite part was you could choose a song, so when someone visited your site it would start playing. MySpace as almost everyone says is a little confusing I remember I always had a hard time finding things for some reason, from trying to find friends to navigating from one place to the next. I deactivated it because my parents did not like me having one. Shortly after my friends introduced me to Facebook. Again shortly after I made one just like everyone else to keep up with the newest and “coolest” social network. Almost everyone I knew was already on there.  I felt like the new student in class. I did however get used to Facebook in a shorter time than I did Facebook. Which, of course, was a plus.

I have to say I like Facebook more both the reason that I got a MySpace and Facebook was because a guy asked me if I had one and I didn't want to be an idiot and say no lol I have never referred to MySpace as ghetto though I think that's really funny... I think Facebook had more features than MySpace but the one thing I loved about MySpace was the personalized profile

-Anonymous

Facebook got started with a bunch of students from Harvard. Seems like a lot of good is coming from that university, like Microsoft and Facebook. This is why most mention that Facebook users are more in the higher social class. Which is ironic because half the things posted up there are definitely not “high class”. According to the article by Boyd, MySpace is being associated with the term “Ghetto”. Defined, it means a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships. Teens use the term probably because mostly minorities take up more of the demographic and also it is used as a music outlet. Mostly hip/hop and rap.

According to Danah Boyd, “Social media is faddish. MySpace came first and many teens chose to embrace it. When Facebook came along, plenty of teens adopted it as the “new thing.” In doing so, some chose to leave MySpace, while others simply maintained two profiles. Yet Facebook did not simply usurp MySpace. In May 2009—two and a half years after teens began splitting—comScore reported that MySpace and Facebook had roughly equal numbers of unique visitors. In other words, while a shift did occur, not all MySpace users left for Facebook, and not all who joined after both were available opted for the newer site.”  I agree with the notion that teens embrace whatever fad comes along. We see this with for example skinny jeans. Everywhere you look now skinny jeans, skinny jeans. Can they be any tighter? I’m not even talking about the girls the boys equally if not more.  The article also brings up a good point about the fastness that these websites come about. Like Boyd said, “ At the beginning of the school year, teens were aksing “Are you on MySpace? Yes or No?” At the end of the school year, the question had changed to “MySpace or Facebook?”

“I actually didn't switch over at first. I was using both websites simultaneously. My cousins were using Facebook more, and my friends were using Myspace more. I didn't like how everything seemed like a competition on Myspace. For example, if you were or weren't on someone's top friends list, or if your profile background was considered "cool" or not... I don't like that Facebook has turned into some sort of stocking website. In other words, people know your every move, and for some people, they want the people on their friends list to know. However, what I don't like about both websites is that they make you waste so much of your time. I never thought about MySpace being ghetto.”

-Anonymous

            From my findings, not one person had ever associated Ghetto with MySpace. Either they did not know what ghetto meant or they thought the idea was “funny”. I believe this is more a matter of opinion. Although yes, its true MySpace and Facebook have different users which statistics shows but I wouldn’t go as far and say its Ghetto. 

Essay: Well a part of it...

MySpace and Facebook have become addictions in our everyday life. Similar to people who are dependent on drugs or alcohol, social networking junkies count the minutes to their next profile fix, checking their computers multiple times per day to see how many shout-outs, or new friends they have acquired. Personally sometimes I guess I am one of those junkies, especially when I am bored. Some days I refresh my Facebook app constantly checking my newsfeed to see what is happening and what others are posting. In a completely non stalker way.   
Personally, I only had MySpace for about a month. The way it worked was a little confusing from what I remember. One thing I liked was that the layout really was customized to your liking. You picked any background you wanted. My favorite part was you could choose a song, so when someone visited your site it would start playing. MySpace as almost everyone says is a little confusing I remember I always had a hard time finding things for some reason, from trying to find friends to navigating from one place to the next. I deactivated it because my parents did not like me having one. Shortly after my friends introduced me to Facebook. Again shortly after I made one just like everyone else to keep up with the newest and “coolest” social network. Almost everyone I knew was already on there.  I felt like the new student in class. I did however get used to Facebook in a shorter time than I did Facebook. Which, of course, was a plus.

I have to say I like Facebook more both the reason that I got a MySpace and Facebook was because a guy asked me if I had one and I didn't want to be an idiot and say no lol I have never referred to MySpace as ghetto though I think that's really funny... I think Facebook had more features than MySpace but the one thing I loved about MySpace was the personalized profile

                     -Anonymous
             Facebook got started with a bunch of students from Harvard. Seems like a lot of good is coming from that university, like Microsoft and Facebook. This is why most mention that Facebook users are more in the higher social class. Which is ironic because half the things posted up there are definitely not “high class”. According to the article by Boyd, MySpace is being associated with the term “Ghetto”. Defined, it means a section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships. Teens use the term probably because mostly minorities take up more of the demographic and also it is used as a music outlet. Mostly hip/hop and rap.

Project Space

For our space my group and I picked the new performing arts center.  We had the most exclusive tour that could have been given. We asked a woman who came out for one second if we could take a look inside, for a project because the doors were locked. She was gracious enough to not only agree but to give us a tour inside, I think mostly because she was probably scared we would ruin the smudge free zone. The inside lobbys were so spotless and shiny it looked highly luxurious and expensive. Actually it was expensive it cost a whopping 120  million (donation money) to build the whole thing. For which they are literally still paying for. Every little part of building had got so much thought put into it, every wall glass, tree branch, tiny tiles that cover an immense amount of wall. It was truly amazing. It is the only upscale building on campus. From outside to inside it is always kept pristine. There is a terrence that only donors who donate 25 grand plus 3 grand get to be wine and dined there.  I never though place on campus will be like this one. Its very calm as well even though ironically there was music playing when we shown the tour. I loved and I would like to go to a performance there.