https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYzrdn7YLCM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Response to David R. Dow: Lessons from death row inmates TED-Talk
Monday, January 27, 2014
Detroit vs. Everybody Blog
"Detriot vs. Everybody." Blog - Rembert Browne's "Detriot vs. Everybody" hit the reader very hard by describing, a once sprawling city, as a ruin-filled deserted city. He starts his article off as a adventure journal and describing what he sees in modern day Detroit. He tried to present an honest portrait of the place by taking pictures and showing what he actually saw when he traveled throughout Detroit. He went in with a different mindset than normal Detroit visitors, a positive mindset. Browne tried to stray away from normal visitor spots and traveled into the deep Detroit areas that might be portrayed as dangerous/abandoned. He took pictures of once sprawling parks/ plazas that are now abandoned but also steps back to reflect how beautiful this city once was. He used the example for Heidelberg Project, which artist Tyree Guyton created using different material to decorate suburban houses. The fact that one house was destroyed by arson is kind of disturbing showing another nature that Detroit harbors.The reality of his trip is that Detroit is a deserted place where it seems like a third world country, as it was portrayed by Browne himself. I saw that public areas weren't sprawling but what do you expect from years of negative mass media produced about the city. With shows like Low Winter Sun, depicting a very bad and dangerous city to live in, it hard to believe this city is about to rebound from bankruptcy.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
“My Bodies of the Year” by Wesley Morris stated that,
throughout all of the pop culture the United States of America has produced
this year, being sexy sells and this year definitely showed us the importance
of how somebodies body can provoke big little things. Morris used various
examples showing how famous people bodies compelled different responses either
through music or theater. He used one big little thing in pop culture to show
how Miley became an icon after her famous twerking and being nude in wrecking
ball, especially in today’s society when most people are self-conscious about
their own weight. Other examples from this year would be Victoria secrets fashion
show, where all super models come together to show off the next big fashion in
Victoria secret. In today’s society body matters to an extent and, with mass
media spreading healthier trends, it harder for people to accept their own body
if it doesn’t match the model in any magazine or on national television. When I
flip to MTV all I see between episodes are either proactive or hydroxycut,
which both are for the body. Not to mention most shows on the network recruit
better looking people and continued the trend before I was even born. I believe
that bodies mattered just as much as they did now as they did 10 years ago. We’re
just experiencing it on our own, since make up has gone back before the death
of Jesus. I believe that Morris used ethos, pathos, and logos appropriately
throughout his essay. The cultural appeal through Miley Cyrus connected the reader
as it was a current event, which for most it’s probably one of the biggest
events. How he used his mother as an emotional appeal and evoked sadness from
the reader and how he spent most of his time with her as she was dying from cancer.
He used logical appeal correctly as he explained that sex sold and even in
movies bodies become an important factor, when choosing a main role. I think
his use of his personal story with his mother was nice and explained that he
had more to worry about this year but it wasn’t needed, but I’ve already heard
this argument from many others. I enjoyed the input and I am glad to see
someone is sharing their thoughts about how sex is incorporated in our media.
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