Sunday, March 21, 2010
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.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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
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
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