EVERYTHING BAD IS GOOD FOR YOU,
THE BOOK IS RED I WISH WAS BLUE,
BY STEVEN JOHNSON
MULTIPLE THREADING, FLASHING ARROWS, AND THE SLEEPER CURVE
JOHNSON: TELEVISIONS GOOD
ME: THEM ARE NOT MY WORDS
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
MY EXPERIENCE WITH JOHNSON
My expereince with johnson has been very interesting and eye opening. Johnson's book Everything Bad Is Good for You talks about television and how it is somewhat challenging. Johnson's arguement was centered around something call the sleeper curve. The sleeper curve states that televesion is more than just a media that people sit down and watch it has grown to be more complex and demanding. I happen to agree with Johnson's agrument about television because following the show The Hills made me interact more then usual. When watching The Hills I gave feedback, prediction, and also compared my similar problem to the charcters. Johnson also brings up something called multiple threading. Multiple threading is when a television epsiode contains more than one story plot. Johnson believes that multiple threading is improving are cognitive skills and this is making televison more educating to the viewers.
Terrence Pearson
Mr. Boczkowski
English 110.01
May 12, 2009
Is it Johnson’s way?
Mr. Boczkowski
English 110.01
May 12, 2009
Is it Johnson’s way?
Media can be looked at in many different ways. Some people believe it hurts our society, while others believe that the media helps stimulate one’s thought process. Reading Everything Bad Is Good For You by Steven Johnson and keeping a weekly journal over the television show The Hills has helped me understand the two different viewpoints. The heart of Johnson’s argument revolves around something called the Sleeper Curve. Johnson stated that “the Sleeper Curve is a universe of popular entertainment that trends intellectually speaking, ever upward, so that today's pop-culture consumer has to do more cognitive work, making snap decisions and coming up with long term strategies in role playing video games, for example, or mastering new virtual environments on the Internet than ever before” (Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good for You, page 39). After studying The Hills I can truly say that the sleeper curve is present. Johnson is stating that today’s media makes you work harder at making quick decisions but also educates one’s mind set. Today’s media educates people by providing visual examples of appealing facts about are society. There are television shows in the world that may not serve any purpose to your life; however, it may play a major part in someone else’s. For example someone who is interested in an earth program is more likely to watch the discovery channel than myself; I am an individual that watches ESPN and MTV. Keeping up with today’s media may seem worthless but it can truly be beneficial.
The Hills is a MTV reality program that follows the life of several young people living in Los Angeles, California. The show's current main cast member is Lauren Conrad of Laguna Beach. The Hills presents lots of drama between friends but it also haves its good side. Throughout the first couple of weeks of watching and analyzing this program, I was completely unintrigued. There were days when my mind would just wonder off while the show was playing because I lacked all interest in it. As time progressed, I found myself making predictions, gathering first impressions, and also making comparisons between the different characters’ lives. I finally began to interact with the show. I can actually say that my experience with The Hills supports Johnson’s Thesis.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Boobies of Mel Gibson
Steven Johnson didn’t waste time sharing “probing,” “flashing arrows,” and eye-opening summaries.
Steven Johnson’s eye-opening internet surfing abilities and probing helped Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore in a hug fight.
Blockbuster’s films don’t have flashing arrows, Steven Johnson
Ps……It’s bad that the free Internet porn helps perverts addiction to MySpace.
Zander shumar, Tracy Wood, Brandon Ransom, Treg Smart
Steven Johnson’s eye-opening internet surfing abilities and probing helped Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore in a hug fight.
Blockbuster’s films don’t have flashing arrows, Steven Johnson
Ps……It’s bad that the free Internet porn helps perverts addiction to MySpace.
Zander shumar, Tracy Wood, Brandon Ransom, Treg Smart
Sexual Intentions
Perverts blogging therapy porn movies kick-ass.
Expensive porn’s free
Luigi Sleeps on Boobies
Blockbuster eye-opening expensive porn entertains families
Luigi Googles Zelda’s boobies
...Shoot me
Composed by Morgan Freeman, Blaze Wright, Ethan Rideneaugh, Kasia Varsak
Johnson poem
The information pervert blogged, sharing boring free porn on MySpace, face book and you tube while the comedy craigslist play station was expensive the x- box was red while people surfed Google for the call of duty therapy produced by Mel Gibson directed by Steven Spielberg with a relaxing series of a HD entertainment on the idiot box with a “hug fight”. Steven Johnson and Steven Seagal while Adam Sandler sucked bobies.
Paige Byers, Haven Moore, Dorothy Vaughn
Paige Byers, Haven Moore, Dorothy Vaughn
EBIGFY (Including S.G's Boobies)
In Steven Johnson’s Boring Book, Everything Bad Is Good For You,
Telescoping, Probing, Multi-Threading, And Flashing Arrows,
Help Characters Share Entertainment, Information, and Complexity,
But Schoolwork Sucks Steven Seagal’s Kickass Boobies.
Gracefully composed by....
Omar Mustafa
Kylor Roberts
Tyler Hamilton
Ryan Geiselman
Poem of johnson
A fun time with Johnson’s red book
Relaxing with reality and Johnson
Johnson’s eye opening complexity
And schoolwork of summarizing character webs
Jessy Allen, Liz Hamilton, Elena Laird, Shannon Miles
Requiem of a white board
Entertainment on on the idiot box
A horror of addicting graphics
Downloading information for free
Surfing porn with the Craigslist Killer
Statistics show it was boring
Perverts acting Lost
Probing proxies
Surfing people
Sharing wasted time
The red book was eyeopening.
Misty Farley, Michael Habak, Amanda Snider
A horror of addicting graphics
Downloading information for free
Surfing porn with the Craigslist Killer
Statistics show it was boring
Perverts acting Lost
Probing proxies
Surfing people
Sharing wasted time
The red book was eyeopening.
Misty Farley, Michael Habak, Amanda Snider
Response to Johnson
Steve Johnson through out his book Everything Bad For You Is Good For You gives his well thought out opinion on how television, games, and the internet are complex and are helping us to think more. Johnson describes the SleeperCurve as challenging our minds rather than going for a cheap thrill. I do watch television alot and am on the internet alot, so I understand what Johnson is saying. Throughout Johnsons book there were some amazing points that I agree with, but there are some that I find I don't agree with.
I like watching television just as much as the next person, but I do believe if you sit on your couch and watch too much you will become a couch patato. While there are some complex television shows that sometimes you have to watch more than once to understand, I think there are more television show that are there to just catch the viewers attention and to get high ratings. The mulit threads or many plots in one episode, that Johnson describes do make television more complex.
Johnson tells how character mapping makes the show more complex and how television is steering away from flashing arrows. Character mapping is where you connect the different characters in the plot together and flashing arrows are signs that help you predict what will happen next. I can see where the Character mapping is making the show more complex.
Johnson tells how telescoping and probing help to make video games more complex and make you think. Probing is when you are just getting a game or start a new level, and you are trying to figure out your surroundings. While in a way you are trying to gain new knowledge, I don't find probing to really be making the video game more complex.
Johnson gives good points and I have read other reaadings that go against Johnson. Right now I am still not sure what to think if these mediums are making us smarter or not.
Steve Johnson through out his book Everything Bad For You Is Good For You gives his well thought out opinion on how television, games, and the internet are complex and are helping us to think more. Johnson describes the SleeperCurve as challenging our minds rather than going for a cheap thrill. I do watch television alot and am on the internet alot, so I understand what Johnson is saying. Throughout Johnsons book there were some amazing points that I agree with, but there are some that I find I don't agree with.
I like watching television just as much as the next person, but I do believe if you sit on your couch and watch too much you will become a couch patato. While there are some complex television shows that sometimes you have to watch more than once to understand, I think there are more television show that are there to just catch the viewers attention and to get high ratings. The mulit threads or many plots in one episode, that Johnson describes do make television more complex.
Johnson tells how character mapping makes the show more complex and how television is steering away from flashing arrows. Character mapping is where you connect the different characters in the plot together and flashing arrows are signs that help you predict what will happen next. I can see where the Character mapping is making the show more complex.
Johnson tells how telescoping and probing help to make video games more complex and make you think. Probing is when you are just getting a game or start a new level, and you are trying to figure out your surroundings. While in a way you are trying to gain new knowledge, I don't find probing to really be making the video game more complex.
Johnson gives good points and I have read other reaadings that go against Johnson. Right now I am still not sure what to think if these mediums are making us smarter or not.
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