I took a look at Second Life as Lisa mentioned in her blog. I find it to be very interesting. I tried to set up an account but was unsuccessful. The virtual world has a lot to offer. It seems, from what I could tell, to create a world of possible unrealistic happiness. Which is good. Some of us need an escape from the real world from time to time. Although I don’t understand every aspect of what’s going on there, I think I’d be interested in participating in this world. It’s like being involved in a video game where you get to decide, create and manage your own life. Like I always say, use common sense when it involves identities of others. It should be easier to be more protective of yourself in thist type of enviornment because you know going in that everyone involved is living a life of deception. Petisa
Lonely Girl 15 September 28, 2007
Wow! Prior to this assignment, I never had any idea about LonelyGirl15 and the amount of attention she drew from viewers across the nation. After reading “The Secret World of Lonely Girl” I was anxious to watch some of the videos. It seemed really neat to me that some kid just wrote a little series, decorated his room as if it were a girl’s, and found an actress to play the role of a geeky girl in a lonely town. It leaves the impression that anyone can make it big in this world. The videos that I watched were pretty good. I never really just go on YouTube and browse for videos so this was kind of a new experience for me. I have watched videos on YouTube, but I never viewed a series quite like this.
Honestly, I think her videos are cute. She comes off as a typical girl just bored in her room, venting her emotions. The only difference: she’s talking to the entire world. In my opinion, it makes no difference whether she is pretending to be someone else or if she is acting as herself. The only thing that matters is that she is entertaining and keeps the viewers’ interest. After all, we all watch a multitude of shows on TV and those people are not acting as their true selves. I guess the only problem here was that she posed as if it really was her, when really it wasn’t. But oh well, that’s how it is these days. Anything online can deceive you, especially with the technology that is out there and on the advance. Kind of gets me thinking…what’s in store for Lonely Girl now?
-Amanda
Lonelygirl September 27, 2007
I had never heard of Lonelygirl before taking this class. I even asked my daughter about it and she was clueless. She mainly focuses on MySpace. If I hadn’t know any better, I would have believed this was a real teenager doing teenage things. The one thing that did strike me as being a little strange was that her father allowed her to be in the room with a young man…with the doors closed. The issues surrounding the reality of this show doesn’t really surprise me. Why would they hide the facts? Maybe to create more interest in the show. Also, how do we know a lot of the new shows that we watch on television are real. For example Flavor Flav’s show. Who would date, let alone kiss him unless they knew they were getting some kind of incentive to do so? The television has been bombarded with these types of shows and though I’m not a big fan of them, I do check them out every now and then for the laughs — or the drama. I’m always questioning their authenticity, because certain things that happen in these shows just don’t make sense. I’ve even heard that some of the game shows are rigged in certain ways. Petisa
