WEB-285-FON01 - Unit 3 Assignment: Online Entertainment Blog Post - DUE FEB 9

Blog Post: Online Entertainment vs Traditional TV, Radio, Movies and Games

Instructions

1. Write a blog post about the impact that online entertainment has on traditional TV, radio, movies and games.
2. At a minimum, address the following items/questions:

1. Explain and describe the capabilities of online entertainment.
2. How has online entertainment impacted the traditional entertainment industries such as TV, radio, movie or gaming?
3. What implications are there for the future of these categories of entertainment?
4. Include pictures and/or videos of some of the specific sites/tools you reference.

3. Include any additional content relevant to the topic that is of interest to you.

Suggestions/Tips

• Review the Research Primer in this unit as a starting point for your research.
• Narrow your focus to one entertainment group. You may want to just focus on the changes that the Video Game and Board Game industries have had to make or how they have integrated the Web in their strategy, gameplay offerings, and customer experience.
• If you are not already utilizing online entertainment, give it a try! There is nothing like personal experience. Many networks offer free content online. Others offer free trial periods like Netflix or Gamefly.
• If you are very familiar with a certain segment of online entertainment, consider digging into a new entertainment segment to see what is new outside of your comfoft zone. For example, if you are big on online gaming, focus on music/radio.

 Requirements and Grading

This assignment is worth 100 points.

[30 points] Writing Requirements

• Posted on the blog you created for this course
• At least 500 words
• Use a standard, easy to read font such as Arial or Times New Roman of 10 - 12 point size
• Complete sentences and paragraphs employing good grammar

[25 points] You must use at least 5 sources and you must cite your sources.
[45 points] Address the items/questions specified in the instructions.

Unit 3 Poll: Online Entertainment

I have posted below a copy of the Unit 3:  Online Entertainment Poll assignment from the WEB-285-FON01 MOODLE site.  The method I used was to simply copy the poll directly from MOODLE and paste into Microsoft Word.  After cleaning the document up a little, I saved in Rich text Format and moved it from Word into this blog. After all students have completed the assignment in MOODLE, I will update this with student responses.*

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 Media Usage Poll (Week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2)
Complete this poll for attendance/participation credit this week and to help gather an idea about our media usage as a class.

Question #1     Response Required

What forms of traditional media do you use

TV (Digital, Cable, Satellite, etc.)
Music (CDs, MP3s, etc.)
Radio (FM/AM, Satellite)
Movies (Theater, Blu-ray, DVD)
Video Games
Board Games

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Question #2     Response Required

What forms of online media do you use?

TV (Network websites, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, etc.)
Music (streaming, downloading - Pandora, Spotify, AmazonMP3, etc.)
Radio (fm/am/satellite via internet, podcasts, etc.)
Movies (streaming, downloading - Netflix, Hulu, etc.)
Games

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Question #3     Response Required

Which do you utilize more?

Traditional media
Online media

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Question #4     Response Required

Select the reasons why you use online media.

Free or lower cost than traditional
Convenience
Variety or options
Customization of content
Other

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Question #5     Response Required

If online entertainment was not free or inexpensive comparaed to traditional, would you use it as much?

Yes No

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Question #6     Response Required

Do you think that all media will eventually only be available via the internet/web, meaning that the traditional methods will become obsolete (FM/AM radio, Cable/Satellite TV, physical media such as CDs and Blu-ray discs, etc.)?

Yes No

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*After posting from WORD RTF document, I added header for Post and added dotted lines between questions for clarity.