Media Appreciation #2: Buffolo Bill

1.Give at least 3 examples (with details) where the lines between reality (history) and entertainment (media) became blurred during the life of William Cody (AKA Buffalo Bill).

He begin's to lose reality and history when the occurrence of Ned Buntline. previously Cody changes the persona of the west by changing his appearance and tries to be more like Hiccock by telling the same storys as him. Ned Buntline which wanted to write a story about Hiccock but unable so now he chooses to write about Cody, which made him famous.

Cody's(buffalo bill) Wild West showcase was an overview which people viewed the west which he had created blinding his audience to make believe the West in strictly cowboy's, buffalos and indian just to please his audience he had blurred the line and creating semi-false interpretation of the west to make tons of money in being famous. Then he himself has also lost the reality of the west by so much travelling moving to england for five years.

Cody was contraditing, he was dicrimitive towards the indians, but in reality he wasn't. He actually cared for them, he learned native language also trying to help some tribes, but when it became to his Wild West he must put on a act of haterade towards these indians just for the money and the fam. This was one part in his life which he blurred reality and entertainment. To buffalo it was more to please the audience than to be true to himself.

What reasons do we have to call Buffalo Bill the “original world celebrity”? Explain.

We call Buffalo bill the "original world celebrity" because he was the first global famous person. performing the Wildwest show around the world that no one else did at that time. He left his home to please fans all across the world. They didn't have the technology of movies, so everything music of been live performace people had never seen this kind of entertainment live. Big money was paid to see these shows which made famous everywhere. In other words he brought the show to you instead of the other way around.

How could Buffalo Bill have benefited from new media? Who would have been some of his Facebook friends?

New media has change the world. It could of also changes Buffalo's bills also. Stress on travelling would of almost been eleminated with the invention of blu-ray movies, making his show more interesting adding a old authentic, but also mondern feature to the movie. This save him travelling around and also still giving him publicity. Advertising in commericials or ads etc is a great new media which buffalo bill would of greatly appreciated instead of back in the day where everything was passed on by people and paper. Internet is probably the greatest way to to share information because of the ease of use and population which obtain this. Buffalo could of utilize the internet to create websites or promoting through the internet.
His Facebook friend would of consisted of bill hiccok, ned Buntline, maybe his wife and Nate Salsbury