AHA Moments!

I am very glad that I took this class. It was one of the more enjoyable classes that I took here by far and thats saying a lot especially when this is my 3rd year here...I've learned quite a few things that I will carry with me for my major. One of the AHA Moments I had in class was when someone in my table answered a hard question on jeopardy that was really interesting. It was a question that was about racist slogans on TV. Another AHA Moment I had was in a class discussion about hidden advertising in movies... I had never noticed how much advertising there is in the media that we don't even know about. Another AHA Moment i had was when we matched the film "This Film Is Not Yet Rated". I never knew that major movie corporations had that much of an influence on ratings. The system needs to be fixed so more indepedent filmmakers could go out there and release their movies in mainstream theaters.

Week 9: Propaganda Techniques

I would use propaganda techniques to my advantage to get people to stop texting while driving. I could start by spreading rumors and telling people that they could end up getting their license suspended if caught texting while driving. I could also start bending certain statistics on texting while driving to my advantage so I could get more people to stop.

Academic Media Research Project

Are kids spending too much time watching TV or playing videogames?
I am doing my research project on the average kid and the increasing amount of time they spend watching TV or playing videogames. I feel like this is something that needs to be researched because it seems that kids these days are addicted more to technology than over. Growing up I would always see kids playing football on the streets or riding their skateboards but I hardly see kids getting involved in physical activity anymore instead they are all on their computers or sitting on the couch playing video games.

This is a good video that might help parents help get their kids off videogames if they are concerned that they are spending too much time on them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7gdmMcMOeY

Week 7: Internet

There are at least 15 different networking sites that are listed on Wikipedia. I have heard of a lot of them including facebook, twitter, myspace, nexopia, hi5, orkut, Friendster. I have never heard of Mixi, Multiply, XING, Skyrock, renren, cyworld, and iWiW. Out of all the social networking sites I use only Facebook. There have been a number of times where I have gotten in trouble because of immature facebook status updates I made so I constantly get reminded by my aunts and uncles to tone things down when it comes to language. There have also been advantages because sometimes you get requests from friends that you haven’t seen in a long time and its good knowing that they are doing well and the fact that you could still keep up with them.

Week 6: Television

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HfRzQBHIP4
Length: 2:09
Description: This video is basically a scene from the sopranos where one of the main characters uses violence to get money.
The corresponding chapter is in chapter 9: Television (Perpetuating Violence)
Question: What percent of basic network T.V has violence?
Answer: 44%

Week 5: Movies

My favorite movie of 2009 had to be The Hangover. I remember going to the movies and I wanted to see another movie that was out at the time but we ended up watching the hangover and it turned out to be my favorite movie for 2009. The characters in the movie (especially alan) were the best part in my opinion. I watched it again a few weeks ago on DVD and it was still pretty funny.

My favorite movie of all time has to be Lord of War. I think I really liked this movie because it actually tells it how it is. The movie follows a business man who begins selling guns for a living and it follows him along his journey to the top. This movie is entertaining, funny, and realistic (to some extent).



The Hangover: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/
Lord of War: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399295/

Magazine Proposal

If I were to make a magazine I would call it "Outside the Game". This magazine would basically be a sports magazine that gives the public an athletics point of view from any given situation. This magazine would only have articles that were written from professional athletes and their take on certain subjects. More often than not the Media criticizes athletics for their mistakes on certain issues but it doesn't give the athletic who is being criticized a fair chance to voice their opinion and I feel like this would be the magazine for them to do that. The readers of this magazine would be mostly sports fans from any age, gender, or ethnicity as long as they have an interest in sports. Other magazines that I would be competing against are Sports Illustrated and ESPN.
Five advertisers that would be interested in advertising in this magazine are Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma, and Spalding. Five articles that could be written on my first issue are: 1)Gilbert Arenas point of view from the locker room. 2) Brett Favre on retirement. 3) Kurt Warner and his recent retirement news. 4)Greg Oden and his injuries. 5) Reggie Bush and his preparation for the Superbowl.
The cover of my magazine would have a prominent professional athlete giving his point of view from a controversial issue during that month. I would highlight a short sentence from the article that was controversial and put it on the front page so I could attract more readers. I would also make sure that the front cover had bright colors so it could be more eye catching.