Sophie assessment

Technological advancements have greatly influenced our understanding of stories and the fandom surrounding them. Sherlock Holmes, a character created in 1887, gained popularity through newspapers and later silent films. Nowadays, people read less and prefer watching TV shows like "Sherlock" released in 2010. Technology allows for easier access to books, movies, and online communities where fans can connect and discuss their interests. This shift has transformed how fandoms interact and engage with their favorite stories. Hello, my name is Sophie, and this is how technologies have changed throughout time and how it affects how we understand stories, and how, in the case of this podcast, Sherlock, how it has affected the fandom of Sherlock. First off, who is Sherlock? What is Sherlock? So Sherlock, the first book about Sherlock was called A Study in Scarlet, and it was published by Arthur Coyle Donan, probably said that wrong. A Study in Scarlet was published in 1887. It was a short story, short book, about this dude named Sherlock Holmes, a crazy smart person, and he comes up with technical advances to help solve missing cases, murders, and Sherlock's crazy smart sort of war veteran best friend, Doctor Watson. Now when you think Sherlock, there's some things that come to your mind. You probably say magnifying glass, pipe, and a hat, and a coat, because they are main elements of it, and when you think of Doctor Watson, you think Cain, because he's a cripple. That's mean. So, how has technology affected how we understand Sherlock Holmes, and the fandom? So, back in the good old ye days, when the first book, A Study in Scarlet, came out, the only way to promote this was in the newspapers. By word of mouth, it wasn't very popular in the beginning, but it grew a lot of traction, and as time went on, the introduction of silent films, and there was a silent film made, and that had a lot more action, and like, because it got more events, so there was more books made, and it got more popular, and popular, because when the film started, it got really popular. It blew up, because people could sit and they could watch it, and they could see what was going on, and they wouldn't have to picture it in their mind, because when you read, you have to picture what's happening, and immerse yourself in the story to understand, and to really enjoy it. And as time's gone on, this has progressed, and nowadays, people don't read as much. It's a fact. If you look at any person, really, and ask how many times a day do you read, or how often in a week you read, they can either answer, I don't read to have fun, I watch a movie, or maybe once or twice a week, or then you'll have those real nutty people, those people who read a lot of books, and be like, I read everything! So it's changed, and now, with the advancing of technology, and TV shows, a big show, this is the TV show that was released in 2010, named Sherlock! When it was on the brink, it was very popular, very popular, when it was on the brink of not getting another season, what they did was drive a hearse around London, and people just like, ah, Sherlock's coming back, Sherlock's coming back, and to have such a large, loyal fanbase, just primarily of series and movies is crazy, so people could sit down, they could watch it, and again, with technology, back then you wouldn't have gotten, back when it first came out, the book, you wouldn't have gotten that much traction, because of the way it was broadcast. Because nowadays, we have trailers, and little cuts of the movie that you can see, pop up on your TV, back then you didn't, again, with like, the fanbase, is now, that like, if you're into something, you can watch it, read it, listen to it, audiobooks is like a really big thing, because instead of having to sit there for hours and hours and hours, reading a book, you can listen to it while you're working, when you're going for a run, or you can sit down and you can watch an hour-long episode, or if you like me, binge the entire series, at once, and with that, people who are out have more access to it, it's crazy the amount of access we have to books, to movies, to this connection, because when you love something, you can read about it, and then you can hop online and find other people who love it too, which is crazy to think, because, just hop on and say, oh, I like Sherlock Holmes, you can hop on, search up Sherlock Holmes, and you'll have hundreds of pop-ups, hundreds of different fan groups, just pop up, and just be like, oh, yay, we can talk about Sherlock, which is incredible, because back then, you couldn't just hop online and just be like, oh, I like Sherlock, I want to talk about Sherlock, back then you had to go out, and you had to meet people, like, yuck, and talk to them, and find common interests with people, and communicate more, to sort of get across that you like Sherlock, and you want to talk about Sherlock, I love Sherlock, you love Sherlock, you better love Sherlock, and it's sort of changed and progressed how fandom meets, it's crazy, this is evident in so many series, so many different types of things, video games, movies, and everything, and with that, I bid you a good afternoon, good night, good evening, good morning, whatever time it is, goodbye, Sophie out.