Isn't this/could it be/ what about/ this case and comparisons with the "confessions of Lance" simply sounds to me like so much publicity seeking. Could it be that "Lance's 'confession' " has a free publicity issue in mind? What is "Lance's" next project and how could this help him. I am so tired of seeing pseudo publicity stunts passed off as "News" that I am convinced, nothing much else could be happening in the world (a good thing?) and the old news department statement that if the topic is not Negative, it is not News?
I have learned a wonderful technical tool, "The Mute Button." On the other hand how about another channel or part of my less used library of great videos (gathered to perhaps view in class); I am learning: "Mute it or Turn it or Go Outside And Breathe. How are you all? Joann Jelly, Ed.D. (Ret.???) ________________________________ From: Dr. Bob Wildblood [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:57 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Have You Ever Been "Catfished"? ---- Original message ---- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:45:44 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [tips] Have You Ever Been "Catfished"? To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> >Since you brought this up, I'm going to ask a question that has been bothering >me. Why do we care about this? That's a serious question--other than >experiencing painful humiliation, did this young man do anything that merits >the intensity of scrutiny by the media? Did he cheat, break any laws, do >anything to gain from this? I'm (obviously) not a sports fan, so I'm pretty >dumb about all of this. Isn't Mati Te'o's "crime" simply that he was a fool? >Why make so much out of his humiliation?>Carol>>On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:11 AM, >"Mike Palij" <[email protected]> wrote:>>> The popular media has been playing up >the unfortunate situation involving>> Notre Dame football lineback Mati Te'o >who had the bad luck to have>> his grandmother and girl friend die on the same >day. Te'o was an outstanding>> athlete (he was a candidate for the prestigious >Heisman Trophy; for more details on his outstanding sports accomplishments, >see his wikipedia entry:>! > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manti_Te%27o ),>> >> >Those who follow college football know that these "challenges" to Te'o>> and >his team would become a sort of Cinderella story as Notre Dame would>> go to >the BCS National Championship Game but, unlike Cinderalla, they>> would get >whooped by Alabama's Crimson Tide. Unfortunately, that was>> just the start of >Te'o's problems as it turns out that his girl friend did not die.>> In fact, >his girl friend was a fiction. Te'o had never met his girl friend in>> person >and had developed his relationship with her online and with phone>> calls. But >his girl friend turned out to be a fraud. Here is>> one timeline of how Te'o >got hoaxed and how it translated into his>> football activities; see:>> >http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/manti-teo-timeline-of-quotes-in-girlfriend-hoax-story>> > >> The term "Catfish" has been used to descr! ibe this situation because of>> >the "documentary" "Catfish"; see the description on www.imdb.com:>> >http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1>> I use the quotes on >"documentary" because there is the question of>> whether it is a real >documentary, say, like one of Michael Moore's>> films or a "documentary" like >"Cloverfield" or the "The Blair Witch Project".>> In the "documentary", a >person develops a "relationship" online on the>> basis of a person's >description on a website. They communicate via>> phone and email/etc and >develop a relationship. But inconsistencies>> develop which lead to a road >trip to find the "truth" which, of course,>> is documented on videotape. The >name of the movie comes from>> a monologue given at the end of the movie by a >"Forest Gump" type>> character about how catfish were put into tanks >transporting cod to keep>> them active instead of passive (being passi! ve >apparently made their flesh>> flabby and unappetizing). The point or morale >being, people pretending>> to be someone that they are not on the internet are >like the catfish in the>> tank with the cod, they keep them active and save >them from becoming>> flabby and tasteless (though Te'o may disagree on this >point).>> More info about the film can be obtain from its Wikipedia entry:>> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish_%28film%29>> >> The movie "Catfish" was >put into limited release and has been put>> on MTV along with the TV series it >inspired "Catfish: The TV Series".>> HuffPost has one perspective on the TV >series; see:>> >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/catfish-the-tv-show-wants-to-be-woman-video_n_2476640.html>> > NOTE: So much for the "Turing Test".>> >> It should be noted that Charles >Marriott wrote in 1913 a novel>> titled "The Catfish" which can be seen as one >source of! inspiration>> for the movie though the internet has made hoaxing >others with>> a false persona into high art. A review of Marriott's book is>> >available in "The Bookman" on books.google.com; see:>> >http://books.google.com/books?id=_A04AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA541&lpg=PA541&dq=%22the+catfish%22+%22charles+marriott%22+review&source=bl&ots=3R1DPdyFIA&sig=MajgwK9yYPk21cbbaYEjxH4e3wU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=saH6UJTTGJO60QGFx4CgAQ&ved=0CHwQ6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20catfish%22%20%22charles%20marriott%22%20review&f=false>> > >> Books.google.com also has a free ebook of "The Catfish" and I>> would like >to direct the reader's attention to page 401 which provides>> the explanation >of how a catfish in a tank of cod keeps them active>> and tasty. See:>> >http://books.google.com/books?id=gtYMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=catfish+%22cahles+marriott%22+cod&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X7P6UIXzH8-! > 00AHz-YGAAg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cod&f=false>> >> So, what lessons >might be learned from all this:>> >> (1) Some scams have been with all along >but unthinking use of technology>> might facilitate some of them.>> >> (2) >Remember the old New Yorker cartoon:>> "On the internet, no one knows you're a >dog.">> >> -Mike Palij>> New York University>> [email protected]>> >> >> >> >> >--->> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected].>> To >unsubscribe click here: >http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=23160>> > or send a blank email to >leave-23160-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu>>--->You > are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected].>To unsubscribe click >here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee! >94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=23161>or send a blank email to >leave-23161-13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu . 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