Monday, March 30, 2015
Creativity
New media fosters creativity in many ways. My favorite way that it allows people to be creative is through comedy. People can add words on pictures and create memes, or can create a gif in which a funny clip is replayed over and over. It really shows off creativity because sometimes the memes will perfectly describe a moment. Perhaps it is a moment where you feel a way or you see a face and it reminds you of another situation. Perfect time to find a meme. No matter how what emotion you were feeling, the simply agreeing with the meme or finding one that fits the situation will cheer you up. Creativity in that sense tends to cheer you up and that is a big positive of social media. Another example, is the video of Winnie the Pooh and friends "crankin that". Someone probably saw the episode of Winnie the Pooh and thought, wow, that looks like they're doing the Souljah Boy dance. Next thing you know, add some music to the background of the clip, and Winnie the Pooh is cranking that souljah boy. Creativity at its finest, or maybe not, but hilarious nonetheless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24crank.html?_r=0
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I really liked this post because it allows us to see the potential of the creative potential of people. It sort of works similar to our mind and how it can direct our focus on an off-topic event just based on a sound, image our thought. I believe that this is positive for our society because it allows us to recreate old media in a new media platform in order for things that were relevant in the 2000's like souljah boy to be relevant in 2015 through the use of a meme or gif.
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