Mary Donato

As we have discussed in class a multimedia author is a broad term these days. We have discussed the claiming of twitter and facebook wallposts and status updates. We have discussed remixes of videos, slideshows, and music. We also have discussed the transfer of magazines and newspapers to the world of the web. I think Foulcault had a lot of important points about defining authors in his work, "What is an Author". Personally, I do not think just because I write my own facebook statuses this makes me an multimedia author. Foulcault knows it's important about not only what is written but who does the writing. For instance, Stephenie Meyer's tweets are much more accredited then my tweets. But however, if someone where to send a threat to the country of the president via tweet their message would instantly become more important. With all this ever-changing technology more and more people are getting their written word to the masses. It's hard to draw the line between actual authorship and just conversational dialogue. Blog posts are original work that are a bit more substantial then a 180 character tweet. This will continue to be an ongoing battle. I plan on addressing the authorship and legalitites of parodies of music for my semester-long project.