May 2008
8 posts
Final Exam, Part 2
My first example for my newfound media literacy is the skill I have learned in Adobe Illustrator and Flash. I feel like these skills can give me an edge in the workplace because it seems as though more industries are working with these types of products, especially within my major of communications. Not only are they enjoyable to use, but they provide a more appealing way of getting your own...
April 2008
5 posts
What is Glamour?
Glamour consists of figures that are envied by consumers who wish to imitate this. Glamour presents people as transformed objects with perfect bodies that people can somehow attain. Glamous is basically what people envy. It is the center of advertising. Celebrities are used to display glamour by selling products and flawless models are used as well. Glamour was cultivated in the film we...
B Player: Uses for a Brick
-foundation for a building -Sculpturing -build towers -Used to make roads -Legos
March 2008
1 post
February 2008
12 posts
Hero
I chose Jack Bauer as an American hero because he is the star of the hit TV series 24 and consistently risks his life to save the American people. After 9/11, we knew our lives would never be the same. We knew we were now at war with a group of people terrorizing the world and targeting the United States. Jack Bauer is the only man who can handle that pressure. I was at my 7th grade lunch table...
Your Divided Attention
In our world, we see all the obvious objects around us, but we have to look deeper to notice everything. Ambient media art opens our eyes wider than normal. Without it, we would not make any progress in life. It connects us with one another. The media is out of control. In this day and age, you can’t even count how many news outlets there are. The problem with the media today is that they...
BBC Response
In class, we examined a psychoanalysis theory. The main focus was how we as a society can change how we see the media and their commercial products. Freud explains how our behavior is driven. I found the history of public relations very interesting. It taught me that as a producer, the consumer must not just want to buy the product, be it must be a necessity. I never learned all the detail behind...
January 2008
2 posts
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