i'm not sure how this blog has really affect my usual writing and reading routines. i think for whatever reason though, posting blogs as opposed to writing response papers seemed much more relaxed. i guess it was mostly because writing on the internet and not handing in a physical paper feels less academic. while writing on my blog i don't feel the need to worry as much about my grammar or whether or not i capitalize words or even if i use words that seem less than paper-worthy. on the other hand though, because of my lax attitude towards writing on the internet, i don't think i put the appropriate effort into an activity which i assume was used to replace response papers. for good or bad though, this was the first time i used a blog and it definitely helped to remove some of the reservations i had about putting writings in public space for anyone to read. it didn't end up being as frightening as i thought it would be, but i'm not sure if i'm going to have my own blog anytime soon.
fyi-my final project can be found at url: pages.pomona.edu/~erp02002/mediatheory.htm