Aristotle: Second (very rough) draft

Ok, here goes for my first time doing this (but that's ok, cause this is a collaborative effort, right?).  So, the way I have it below is as follows.  From everyone, I tried to take, what I thought, the most interesting and well said points to include in the second draft script.   

I see our objectives as these: (1) create an Exciting and Interesting piece that people would like to hear by (2) Concisely Bundling Aristotle's points so as to provide a plausible script for a video.   

Don't be afraid to make your piece shorter than you may think, though strive for concision.  The magic of concision is the breadth and depth hidden underneath, begging to be discovered.  (Concision may also mean well rounded, so you may need to add something or say it differently.)  We can play Tetris with our drafts on Friday to get the right length.

You are welcome to refer back to the original posts to see the quotes in context (I tried to include the names and titles for quick reference).  Good luck!  I look forward to seeing your second drafts.   

P.S. Dr. Packard would also like to see (about Aristotle) the script with these elements: some brief biographical information, his teachings (again, briefly), then the application to social media with some criteria.  

Dallin - Aristotle and Social Media
In each moment, the potentialities of a thing are developed given the situation it is in. As human beings, we act by actualizing potentialities of ourselves in the situation we find ourselves in. That selection of potentialities to actualize Aristotle calls mind. Given how we act and others and things respond, we find ourselves with a new set of potentialities to act from--a new character. Character is the potentialities we have to act from, and thus our characters, or disposition, develop through our actions. Through this actualization of potentialities, humans can find happiness.

Ethos (author credibility), pathos (passionate argument), and logos (logical reasoning) all should be present to one degree or another. 

The most important part of a social media website, according to Aristotle, would be the beginning, or the first thing a viewer sees. Just as a good movie should start in the action, a good website should immediately make its purpose apparent. It should tell a viewer what it is good for, what it can help them do, and should bring out a sort of theme at the same time. Additionally, a good website should encourage discussion; a marketplace of ideas, in essence. Therefore, it must also be easily shareable. The purpose of this discussion is so that the website can continue to better itself to service the needs of its users.

Isaac - Ancient Aristotle, Modern Application
the perspective Aristotle is coming from is one that says that no one knows nor has created a perfect social media website.  We all have an idea, or glimpse, of what the ideal form is, but none envelope the complete form.

So, am I saying it is simply impossible to create a good (and profitable) social media website?  On the contrary, I am saying that through discussion and contribution (point 2), while focusing a great deal on the other facets (points 1, 3, and 4), the site will grow to the needs of all while moving toward that ideal form.

Topher - Aristotle and new media
we provide opportunities to interpret and interact as this leads to a more advanced form of learning than just sharing or repetition. Finally, he would teach that our communication should develop as it reaches and helps the reader to reach their potential.

First, the website should quickly earn the viewer's trust that it is a credible source. The website should somehow show that it is coming from experts or people that are similar to the viewer. It should influence the reader to feel emotions while providing logical information that persuade the reader to be a part of the community. 

The website, as we learned briefly with Plato, should also engage the viewer, providing he or she with the opportunity to interact with the site and interpret it in his or her own way. 

Finally, the website should provide different levels of information. As one first lands on the page, there should be high-level information but as one continues to search the page the information should become more granular. 

Lisa - Aristotle
His ideas of adult education vs. kids education can be translated to social websites.  An kid or beginner website is one that you create for your purposes and expect people to participate in.  An adult or advanced one would be one that becomes the users, they dictate and manipulate it for their purposes.  It grows as their ideas and wants grow.

Greg - Aristotle Overview
Aristotle believed that these idea could form general principles, but that one must also be aware of the potentialities of the moment in order to know how to act. Aristotle was all about action, phronesis, or practical wisdom. A good social website would invite and attract people who wanted to act and would show them and give them potential ways to act.

Action is necessary to actualize potential. A good social website would actualize its potential by helping users to actualize their potential. It would seek to understand its potential market by understanding its market’s potential, who or what they are seeking to become.

It would allow users to contribute to the potentialities of the website as well. This is what makes it a good social website and not just a good website in general. The users, by their participating in the social aspects of the site, are the dynamic that makes the site able to actualize its potential. Thus, there is an interdependence between the website itself and the users, in that the users help to make it (the website) what it is and it (the website) helps to make them (the users) what they are. This is the most important condition if it is to be truly social at all.