April 2010
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December 2009
2 posts
Week 11: Class Highlights
Wallmart is the USA’s biggest retailer of magazines. - This somewhat surprised me, I thought that borders or some kind of grocery store would be a top magazine retailer. Although I guess it makes sense, but what does that say about our country? Not a lot of people actually buy magazines? Or a lot of people buy magazines and those that do also shop at Wallmart? Or does it mean all of the USA...
Week 10: Media Ethics/Media Law
A London newspaper The Daily News published an article about actress Kate Winslet in which they asked readers if she should win an Oscar for “most irritating actress,” and claimed that she lied about her workout routine. After the article was published the actress filed legal papers and has recently been awarded $40,000 in libel damages. She told the courts that the allegations hurt...
November 2009
4 posts
Week 9: Propaganda in Advertising/PR
This is a poster made by someone on the internet dipicting WWIII propaganda.
Some techniques used:
Appeal to fear - be careful what you tweet, it might cost lives.
Half-Truth - of course if you tweet some information about war it can be harmful. But, if you tweet will you really sink a whole fleet?
Week 8: Electronic News
Before I begin my blog and analyzing a 30 min. news segment, I just want to make it clear that the news broadcast that I watched was a college based segment. The college was Ohlone College located in Fremont, CA and is run by the student body. I thought instead of using a commercial news station I would use a more community based one so that I could analyze what other students thought was...
Week 7: Internet
1. I looked up “social networking websites” on wikipedia and there were 12,403 results
2. I have heard of Myspace, Livejournal, and Facebook
3. Friendster
4. Daily Strength: is a social networking website founded in 2006 where fellow users offer emotional support to one another. Members are anonymous and cover topics such as divorce, depression, cancers, and parenting.
5. I tend...
October 2009
4 posts
Week 4: Magazines
Magazine Title: New Aesthetic
This magazine will focus on unheard, up and coming, music artists who have promising potential to make an impact with their music. However, unlike most music magazines the artists will be the ones creating the content. The music artists will be the ones suggesting their own favorites to be featured in future magazines and the magazine will be kind of used as a...
Week 3: Books
In all honesty I have sat here trying to figure out which three books have influenced my life, and I now have a headache. I can not even think of a book that I last read and was really interested in. I would say that I am a required reader when it comes to book. Reading a book has never been something that I enjoyed doing.
So, with that in mind I do not think it is possibly to write a list of...
Week 2: Media Impact
My Project would research the question, “at what age do people stop being influenced by the media?” Or do they never stop? I would examine people from different ages (starting at 18-21, 21-25 all the way to 50-60, 60+) as well as people from different regions and expose them to different media outlets (ie cartoons, advertisements, tabloids etc). Using a survey and a laboratory...
September 2009
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Week 1: Media Autobiography
Growing up in America in the 21st century having a relationship with media is inevitable. I remember some of my first memories were watching movies like, Boys in the Hood and watching music videos on MTV, when they still played music, with my older siblings and cousins. At school I was exposed to children’s books and the basics of elementary, but at home being the baby in the family I was...