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.

Week 5: Recordings

My favorite sound recording of 2009 was Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home.
I loved it because in my opinion there were only two good NEW bands to release albums that year.
I was SO excited to finally have something decent to listen to besides Phoenix.



My favorite oldie of all time is I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - by Elvis Presley.
Elvis is my first love and favorite recording artist of all time.
I like this particular song (and video) because the lyrics and performance are raw and sexual in an Ed Sullivan kind of way.