May 2008
9 posts
Final Exam Part II
One of the things that I like most about my newfound media literacy is that I am more aware of what is available to me on the Internet. Previously, I really only used the Internet for what I already knew was there (e-mail, facebook, research for papers etc.). However, through this class I felt like we explored so many different websites and looked at so many different things on the Internet,...
Extra Blog entry 7
There is a billboard (2 actually) that are on the corner when you are turning onto West Cedar Street towards the campus housing. I pass these billboards all the time, since I have lived in that housing for the past year and a half. Yet I never paid attention to what they were about, until earlier this semester I found out that they put up a new one and that one of my friends was on it! After...
April 2008
6 posts
Glamour
I really liked the definition of glamour that was used by John Berger in the book. He said that glamour is, “the state of being envied.” Glamour is the perfect look or the perfect life (or both) that people want to have. The idea in advertising, is to show this glamour to consumers and then sell them a product that they believe will help them to achieve this glamorous state. ...
Brick
Uses for a brick, other than building a wall: - door stop - to step on to give you a boost up - to put on top of something to hold it down
March 2008
1 post
February 2008
12 posts
TV Hero in the Post 9/11 World
Post 9/11 the nation as a whole has a desire to feel safe and secure. I think that TV offers many “heroes” that help quell fear for their audience. For me personally, it is the comedic characters, such as the 6 characters on the TV show Friends (which was still on new for about 3 years after 9/11 and is still on in re-runs on multiple channels). The reason that these characters are...
The Long Lost Assignment
On Mondays and Thursdays (when I am home for at a normal dinner time) I generally watch Gilmore Girls on ABC Family from 5-6pm while I make my dinner. I don’t really ever watch the commercials during the show because I use the commercials to cook my dinner, and talk to my other housemates that are in the kitchen making dinner as well. The other day, however, I decided to sit through an...
The Century of the Self
This documentary really surprised me, because I honestly had never heard of Edward Bernays before this. It’s almost funny, because at the beginning of the video the narrator says, “Edward Bernays is almost completely unknown today,” and yet based on the documentary he seems to have had an enormous impact on history. I almost feel ignorant for not knowing who he is. I was really...
Extra Blog entry 1
I think the discussion of high and low culture is interesting. They say that in the past it was thought that cinema was low culture. Now, even though there is said to be a more blurry line btw. high and low, cinema is one of the only ones that I think has really changed it’s meaning. I think that cinema can be split into high and low, based on type, and that our culture in general has a...
January 2008
2 posts
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