The Medium and the Message

                 Mamatas's interview revealed his voice, diction, and tone. Mamatas talked very quickly. He seemed to be very nervous. Whenever he was asked a question, he seemed confident with his answers, once he figured out what to say. Mamatas's diction shows how he feels about his work, and his customers. He uses more "everyday" language when he is speaking which makes him more understandable. Instead of reading all of his descriptive words, we realize that he likes to write, but feels that his customers are just plain stupid in a more informal sense. This interview also revealed Mamatas's tone. He talked about his customers being stupid and how he thought that they were dumb for buying a term paper. He was  very sarcastic, and constantly laughed over the interviewer's questions. Listening to Mamatas proves that he did not care whether his customers got a good grade, or whether they got caught or not, all he cared about was getting paid and writing.
          Hearing Mamatas does not affect my opinion of his work at the term paper mill but it does affect my opinion of him. Either way, I still think that he is just trying to make a living, and wanted to write. He did not want to help people cheat, but in order to be a part of the writing business, he  chose to work at the term paper mill. When i read Mamatas's article I didn't get the idea that he thought of his customers as a joke. When I heard Mamatas laugh and talk about his customers, it made me realize that he  was happy to write the papers, but knew that what his customers were doing was wrong.
           I think that using this medium does change peoples' perspective on buying papers from Mamatas. I think that if they actually hear someone saying that they are dumb, they will not want to  buy papers from him. Hearing someone say something compared to seeing it written down can have a huge impact on people. It can affect them and make them realize that buying a paper from someone is wrong. In this case, the audio compared to print can change a person's thoughts on Mamata's career.  Choosing the right medium when sharing information is very important. If you want to be more personalized, it is better to use an audio medium so that people  feel as though they are talking to you. When you use a print medium, it is more formal. You are able to use bigger, more descriptive words.

http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2008/11/28/segments/116673