Thursday, February 24, 2011

Explication #2- seven minute interview with Nick Mamatas.

Recently, I have listened to "The Paper Market"interview with Nick Mamatas. His interview basically summed up his ideas that were previously read in his article, "The Term Paper Artist". He repeated what types of clients he had, what exactly he did, how he got into the business, etc.

As far as listening to Mamatas' tone of voice, and diction, one could come to the conclusion that Mamatas comes off as very arrogant. Even when he spoke to the person giving the interview, he spoke as if he was 'above' them. He knows that he is intelligent, and he doesn't mind showing it off.

I believe in this case, the medium used (audio rather than print) was not useful. It was difficult to understand at times, and it was harder to concentrate on what Mamatas had to say. He was so arrogant that I got bored...stopped listening, and had to restart the interview completely.

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