Valentine’s Day with the Celtics. (Media Mediation #1)

Rajon Rondo

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The day before Valentine’s Day my family and I went to see the Celtics play the Miami heat at the Boston Garden. The best part about this game was that we were sitting third row!!! It was like we were right there with the team. As soon as we got there we started taking pictures of the players on the court (mostly of my favorite player Rajon Rondo). The pictures we were taking were not only with our camera but also with our phones. My sister and I both have smart phones and we were making sure to snap photos and send them to our Celtics fan friends. If this isn’t a prime example of aesthetic shift from discrete to convergence I don’t know what is. With this ability to text what in normal circumstances people who are not at the game wouldn’t be able to see we shrink and change the way we interpret time and space. They discuss this in the Media Society book. It stated that “physical distance becomes irrelevant”(Croteau/Hoynes pg 304) with all of the new forms of technology we use today and with the live television which is how the game is broadcast.

While the game was going on we took tons of shots with our phones and watched a great game with the two rival teams. Just like all forms of media there were tons of production techniques used to catch attention of the crowd like lighting and music (which I used the limbic part of my brain to listen to) and some halftime and time out performances by dancers. The best part of the game was when Lebron James from the Miami heat fell onto the guy next to me. Of course I was concerned for the safety of the man because Lebron is not that tiny but the guy was fine and actually quite excited he got so close to him. I was too because not only could I see him up close and personal but I was seen by people who were watching the game as well. I got toms of texts saying I can see you on TV. Of course you might have to have been looking for me or know where I was sitting but I can definitely be seen (see attached video). Overall, this media experience is something that I will never forget and thanks to my face on You Tube and the tons of pictures on my phone I won’t have to!

*I'm next to the guy in the orange hat!*