HW 11: Intro to my Intro
For most of you who read this blog, I’m sure you all know about the semester-long writing project. It’s supposed to focus on social computing and a marginalized group. I’ve had a bit of struggle on whether or not I wanted to focus on how blogging woke up America to the inconsistencies of what I call “The September 11th Story”. What I’d also like to consider focusing on is the world of multi-player online video games…of these games, I’d like to focus on the ones that are based on ‘real world economy’. This is a phenomonem that no longer involves just teenagers, and is also one most people are very unaware of….making money by selling virtual furniture and outfits you can create yourself, or investing in virtual stocks, and even selling virtual real estate. Both fascinating subjects, but for now I’ve decided to focus on 9/11.
Right now, my rough copy of the introductory paragraph for my essay is below:
So often it seems we Americans just sit on our couches and watch the news, readily trusting everything the reporters on the television narrate to us. But not often enough do we think to not only question where they are getting their information from, but what information they are omitting. All one has to do to unveil the deceptions behind the misleading media is peruse the online blogosphere and see what the more perceptive population of America has to say. The Internet has become an important medium of communication across the nation and the world. The Internet truly enables a person to say anything without consequence or fear, and has even developed into a more reliable source of the news than the television reports. Currently one of the most controversial disputes in American history, causing great disharmony among its people, is that of the conspiracy theories surrounding the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001.
