Lawrence.com

First things first, what really grabbed my attention when I first visited the site was that at the top it read: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (It Will Be Blogged)" I thought that was interesting because it just shows how one form of media/communication is slowly, possibly taking over another, older form.

From the looks of Lawrence.com you get a strong sense that it's geared toward a college town. The site gives information hip and happening restaurants, it also features a calendar of events, drink specials, and even listings for jobs. Those are all things that college students today are interested in, or at least that's what I guess they would be interested in.

The one thing that I liked a lot was how the site offered a whole section to music itself, not just entertainment as I've seen in other sites we had to visit. It not only offers a whole section but it also offers news/info on local bands, downloads, reviews, music videos, and more. This is most appealing to me because I love music and it made me think that if Monmouth had something like this I would be more prone to visiting the site, and not just for e-mail purposes. Another thing that was appealing was that the site had a blogging section, where (as I'm taking it) many users can post their own blog and other users are free to read it.

I think the blogging feature on the site helps in the sites interactivity because it connects users to one another. It may not be as quick as instant messaging but it is open to the whole community of users and it opens up more interactivity.

The images used on the site, I think, were minimal. But the pictures that I did have, whether for an advertisement or for a movie review, they were loud (not in a noise sense) and bold. They made you want to see what the picture is in reference to. As far as I could tell, there seemed to be a decent amount of media. Like I mentioned before, there are blogs and music videos, but not only that users can download mp3's, users can view, not only music videos, but also indie film videos, and even the news.

You could tell, that this site, right off the bat, is geared to a younger crowd of people, a crowd of people say anywhere from 18-mid twenties. A typical college aged crowd. I can see this being useful to college students because everything they could ever want to know or need to know is directly at their fingertips when it comes to this site. They could get their news, the review of the movie they are going to see later that night, can catch up on a friend's blog, and even discover some new music, all while figuring out where to take a date to a nice dinner and afterward some cheap drinks!

What more could a college student want?