Annotated Bibliography
Articles/Digital Files
Chung, By Emily. "CBC News - Technology & Science - Who Will Cash in on Canada's Love for Online Video?" CBC.ca - Canadian News Sports Entertainment Kids Docs Radio TV. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. .
This article goes into detail about how much Canadians watch online even after all the restrictions they have. Most sites that allow watchers to see latest movies and TV shows can only be watched in America. Canadians on the other hand stick to watching everything on Youtube unlike Americans who have Hulu.com that provides excellent resolution prints. This article touches on how virtually hungry Canadians are.
This article explains with a series of graphs how the web effects social relationships. It talks about recent surveys done by PEW Internet which shows how many people appreciate the internet and find it helpful and how many people disagree. It shows the changing views of people and how the surveys may have been biased because of the age group and work of the people surveyed.
Eran, Daniel. "Did ITunes Kill the Record Store?" Echo. RoughlyDrafted, 02 Mar. 2007. Web. 12 Oct. 2010. .
This article explains the death of the record store and how it has dramatically dropped its sales. It also states that iTunes is the primary reason why these stores are becoming less in demand each and every day. It touches on how the music industry is suffering by this because of their traditional method of selling records to make their money.
Goldkorn, Jeremy. "Gamer Who Murdered for Virtual Sword Gets Suspended Death Sentence." Chinese Media, Marketing, Advertising, and Urban Life - Danwei. 9 June 2005. Web. 17 Oct. 2010.
This is a news article on the Chinese man that murdered another man because he stole his virtual sword that he “earned” after playing online for extended periods of times. The article explains that the man offered money even for the sword but the Chinese man was so enraged that he murdered him. The article raises questions of value of virtual objects.
Main, Jason. "The Pros and Cons of Online Photography." EzineArticles. 12 Oct. 2009. Web. 17 Oct. 2010.
The article talks about online photography business and how it is a business of constant theft. The article explains how photographers suffer from piracy of their photographs yet still has to upload a portfolio online to stay in with the times.
Shapiro, By Leslie. "SHIFT: How the Music Industry Is Destroying Internet Radio." DVICE. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. .
This article explains how the entertainment business is after the internet radio business. It goes into detail about how the internet radio companies have to pay high system fee’s for each listener they gain per hour. All that money goes towards the entertainment business, whats hard to believe is that the entertainment business is leaving some of the most popular internet radios out of business.
Turner, Ben. "The Internet's Effects on Relationships: Detrimental OrBeneficial?" Web. 17 Oct. 2010. .
This article refers to a number of recent studies that show how the internet changings relationships. The article determines whether the internet reunites with long distant relatives or trusting complete strangers. The internet has truly changed our way of communication and lead people to venture into the unknown. The article advises to keep safety precautions up as you would in the real world.
Wong, David. "A World of Warcraft World: 10 Ways Online Gaming Will Change the Future | Cracked.com." Cracked.com - America's Only Humor & Video Site Since 1958. 2 Nov. 2008. Web. 7 Oct. 2010.
This is humorous but true article about virtual reality gaming. The article talks about the upside to virtual reality and why gamers are more attracted to that world. The article predicts soon everyone will be living their lives in virtual reality and governments will have to be created to manage virtual crime.
This document described how the main target of all new applications added on the web is the youth. They are known for spending the most time online and enjoying what the new and improved web has to offer. Whether it is through social networks, music, videos, or movies, the youth is keeping track of the hottest networks and sites. But in being apart of these applications, the main fears are how it will change the way these forms use to function.
Videos
Dating Online- the Better Experience!. The Date Matcher.com, Youtube,16 Mar. 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2010. .
This site talks about why online dating is a better experience and how it can offer more flexibility that regular dating. The video promotes TheDate Matcher.com which is an online dating service.
Davo s Annual Meeting 2010 - The Growing Influence of Social Networks. www.weforum.org, 27 Jan. 2010. Web. 17 Oct. 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pexGCUPlUeA&feature=player_embedded.
Social networks and blogs are now ahead of personal e-mail in terms of online activities and account for almost 10% of time spent on the Internet. The video describes how the growth in social networks is changing society.
Future of Music Industry. Dir. Patrick Dixon. Perf. Patrick Dixon. Youtube. Patrick Dixon, 22 June 2007. Web. 05 Oct. 2010. .
This video describes how the music industry has turned to downloading and self publishing and how big time labels suffer from this. It states how the philosophy of the online world is "Everything is Free" and how content is distributed extremely fast once it is available. It mentions how large companies such as Sony are suffering due to this new philosophy developed by the online world. The main focus of the video states that performances are what is left to keep fans interested and is what will bring the market back up.
This video talks about how the industry has changed through music, film, and other forms of media. It touches on free downloads vs. the film industry and how it is being affected. It mentions how movies contain big budgets and are highly expensive to make and then released for free which in turn, lowers sales tremendously. It also mentions how music inspires films and if music if free then people will want other forms of media such as films and tv shows for free too. The video mentions how these industries need to find new and interesting ways to remake the money they use to make from sales.
Movie Piracy - It's a Crime. Dir. Movie Piracy. Movie Piracy, 2006. Youtube Video.
This is a widely known advertising commercial that was used all around the world on Televisions and even in movie theatres that focuses on Movie Piracy. It is now not nearly as viewed as it was because it did not gain much attention. The Video was created in early 2000.
On Piracy: On Piracy & The Future of Media. Dir. Julien Mcardle. Perf. The Public. Google Videos. Celsius Studios, 2007. Web. 09 Oct. 2010. .
This segment covers piracy as an issue, and current issues with radio as a means of music distribution. It tells actual facts about how it has affected the music industry. It asks in the public in the beginning if they download free content, and no one says no. It is simply to show how the majority is preferring to download than going out to purchase.
Our Digital Future: Innovation Roadblocks. Perf. Jesse Brown. TVO. Web. 01 Oct. 2010. .
This video basically is about how much Canadians use the internet and how they get what they pay for. Canadians do not have as much liberty as Americans do with their collections of online sites for shows etc nor do have an effective broadband. Yet Canadians pay ridiculously high rates than any other country for the slowest internet speed!
Pandora's Box - How the Future of Internet Radio May Look. Perf. Tim Westergren. Web. 01 Oct. 2010.
This video goes into detail about how much the internet radio has to pay. They have to pay to royalty right for the song writers and now performance rights. The host of the show interviews the founder of Pandora’s Box a famous internet radio company who explains the issue furthermore.
The Entertainment Industry in 2029. Dir. John Fredriksson. Perf. John Fredriksson. Youtube. Zooland Music, 13 Oct. 2009. Web. 05 Oct. 2010.
This particular video was created to show predictions of the industry in 2029. Although some of the ideas shown are exaggerated; some interesting ideas are created through the video. The video suggests that we will gain more control when it comes to the media and be able to have advance technologies. These suggestions are likely far off but are interesting to see what is predicted for new technology and creation.
The Future of Digital Distribution: Cloud, DLC, Etc. Perf. Scott Steinberg.
www.gameindustry.com. Game Industry. Web. 02 Oct. 2010. .
This video is about the new trend in gaming and digital distribution that allows people to simply download games as opposed to going to a store and physically buying it. It goes into detail about how now day’s people want everything instantly.
Images
A World of Warcraft World: 10 Ways Online Gaming Will Change the Future
Image shows a geek in real life turned into a muscular super hero in virtual.
Image shows a virtual theft taking place in cartoon version.
Less Music is purchased-And More Purchases are Digital
This graph shows how digital purchases are ruling over consumers buying the tradtional forms that music came in.
Piracy. It’s a Crime.
Advertisement for Piracy.
Recorded Music Sales- Actual and Forecast – 2001-2012e
This photo shows how Music sales are currently ranked and it also predicts the future estimate until 2012. It shows how it has been increasing digitally.
Record Store Suspects
This photo shows who is being pointed at as the suspects for killing the record store.
The Pyramid of Internet Piracy
This graph shows the process of piracy and it occurs from the first source to how it gets duplicated and turns into an illegal act.
What gives a few IT guys the right to monitor peoples personal lives? If people choose to get married online and ignore their real life person for their virtual version, who can stop them? No one can force them to make healthier choices. Human nature will succumb to being lazy and living their lives online. Adjustments that may need to be made are probably going to be better carpal tunnel surgerical methods. People are loving the virtual lifestyle and the online lifestyle. They find it easier and less time consuming to work from home, watch movies at home, read library books at home. More and more services are being available online and so people rarely having to leave their houses. It seems that the human population got sick of the interaction that we currently have in offices and other public places and so invented a virtual world called the internet. In the future humans are likely to become more secluded and antisocial while become less tolerant of other people. We’re seeing the changes now and people in this generation barely know their neighbors in comparison to a few years ago.
The game allows users to be in any setting and any age. It allows people to interact without the interference of genetic flaws and poor diet and exercise habits. Wheelchair bound people have the opportunity to sprint around as a mythical character with no movement restrictions. Inevitable most of the users of these games are computer geeks who have little to no interactions with people in really life. 
