My Aha Moments!

My first aha moment came when I realized that Benjamin Franklin has been a part of almost every aspect of the media.

He is located on pages 21, 61, 89, 96, 120, 121, 128, and 402.
I thought he was just famous for electricity!

This was a really cool moment because it made me aware of the full effect of media. For an entrepreneur/scientist/inventor to be so intertwined with the media, means it really is important.

Another, not so happy, aha moment came when I was told (in all of my classes: news writing, mass comm, feature writing, and la voz) that I dont matter, just the reader. Man! What a blow to my ego. Oh well, at least I know now!

A little help?

Can you guys please do me a favor, and VOTE on the poll I created for my newswriting class?
It would be really helpful. Cecilia would appreciate it too, thanks! You guys are the coolest.

Week 10: Media Ethics

The story of professor Weiler is one about a case of international libel gone bad.
It goes like this: a professor makes a statement (which some find to be inaccurate) on a website. He makes his statement by means of an Amazon book review to be more precise (what happened to free speech right?) Anyway, from what I gather, free speech laws are non-existent in France, but libel laws are more stringent. Which is the opposite of what happens in America (where the NYU professor is from)

So, I guess this story has been going on for awhile (since 2008) but he is just now being prosecuted. I dont get it, I dont ever want to study media law.

Week 9: Public Relations

-bandwagon
this commercial is a really extreme version of bandwagon, it literally has some dude walking through the streets singing:
-repetition
"I'm a pepper, you're a pepper" pepperpepperpepperpepperpepperpepperpepper.
-slogans
"I'm a pepper" is (or was?) one of Dr.Pepper's slogans.
-maybe a little euphoria?
I don't know if I'm just making this out to be more than it is, but this random, really cheerful guy skipping through the streets made me pretty euphoric.

Week 8: Research Project

WOAH, look at all the info. I have never seen so much in a youtube video info box. I am doing my media research project with Kat and we decided to look at Chinas ban on Google. The topic deals with censorship in the media. One of the more interesting pieces of information we cam across was about the controversial artist and blogger Ai Weiwei.

Week 7: Internet

-wow, yeah right, i am not about to count all of those!
-i have a accounts with: deviantart, facebook, flickr, had a friendster, last.fm, livejournal, myspace, okcupid, and twitter. i havent really heard of any of the sites that i dont belong to.
-melodramatic.com is a website that i used to go on, its like a cross between livejournal and myspace. it was also directed towards artists. its where jefree star first showed up online.
-vampirefreaks.com is supposedly really controversial. the goth based community site has been the cause of murders, rapes, and age inappropriate relationships between its members.
-you use social networking by signing in and using whatever outlet the website gives you to chat, anything from a webcam to a text message.
-i am friends with my mom on facebook and i am CONSTANTLY getting in trouble with her for cursing over the internet. i love my mom but how can she honestly tell me what to do online? i am not hurting anybody, just expressing my feelings. i think she spends too much time on farmville, its warping her mind.

Week 6: Television

The length of the video: 1:51

A description of the video in your own words: this is a typical Family Guy episode where the family sings about something controversial, in this case they are singing about the FCC after Peters starts his own unregulated television show in which he has content that the FCC would not approve of.

The name of the corresponding chapter in our textbook: Ch.9 Television mostly, but all the chapters mention the FCC.

A course related quiz question to go along with the video: Should books ever be censored by government?

An answer to the quiz question: Never! Books are media and the job of the media is to be the fourth estate of government. censored books would limit if not completely rid the media of that responsibility.