P Peter Thought

Class Highlights

2009-12-01T00:08:00.000-08:00

1. "Young people get their news from late night talk shows." - Sometimes or at least a few years ago I would have no idea what is going on in the world if it wasn't for SNL's weekend update or Letterman's monologue. It is so weird that most people don't read the newspaper or watch the news so the only way they know what is going on in the world is when our comedians make fun of a situation or crack a joke about the latest gossip or presidential blunder.

2. "The first movie, Birth of a Nation, about the KKK and how we need to be scared of black people." - It is no surprise to me that such a racist film was made by early Americans as a propaganda tool to keep the white man at the top of society. All of the classes I took this quarter had this movie mentioned in it. It is sad to think about our nation's history. We were built on lies.

3. "Titanic was the most money-making film of all time?!!" - This movie will never be topped. It had everything you could want. A struggle of a man who has nothing and is of minority (but white skinned) trying to break into a higher class to get the girl he loves. A girl, stuck in a life she wants out of, looking for her diamond in the rough. A tragic true story disaster of American history where many people died and a sad ending. A great piece of film and I know everyone who was alive went to see that movie.

Media Ethics/Media Law

2009-11-30T23:56:00.000-08:00

Poynter Online - Top Stories

The New York Post cartoon attempted to create a punchline out of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package and a homicidal chimp in Connecticut. It depicts a police officer who has just shot a chimp and another saying, "they'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized the cartoon, saying, "Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama and has become synonymous with him, it is not a reach to wonder, are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?"

they wanted to punish the person who published the cartoon, saying it was racist, but the first amendment protected the artist.

Propaganda Techniques

2009-11-30T23:43:00.000-08:00

The Proactive solution commercials use both "Beautiful People" (using celebrities that everyone wants to be like) and making them see as "Common Folks" (dealing with acne problems that every regular person has to deal with) by them giving their "Testimonial" and stating how they delt and fixed their acne problem with their product.

YouTube - Jessica Simpson - Proactiv Advert

My campaign would be for kids to exercise. It would show a kid that plays video games all day and when he goes into the real world he turn into a monster (demonizing the enemy) and have him pushing people, smashing things and coughing and not being able to be in sunlight. I would have people say, gross, what a monster, ewww as he runs by and destroys everything (repetition).

Then finish with the slogan, "Don't let your kids become monsters, unplug them from the box."

Electronic News

2009-11-30T23:34:00.000-08:00

1. Officers shot in Washington State: 5 mins

2. Car crash: 3 mins

3. Holiday Travel: 2mins

4. Online Holiday Shopping: 2 min

ads: car commercial, bank commercial, car commercial

5. Teen Shooting: 2 mins

6. Obama talks about Osama escape: 3mins

7. Healthcare talk interview people's opinions: 4 mins

ads: car commercial, sony tv's, bank commercial

8. Nuclear Concern from terrorist attack: 4 mins

9. Gang Violence: 3 mins

10. Gun Control: 2 mins

ads: alarm systems, bank, car commercial

11. Abortion discussion: 2 mins

12. Tiger Woods car crash: 3 mins

13. Weather report

14. Bear break-in to garage and homes: 2 mins

15. sports: 3 mins

There was about 35 mins of actual news. The four cops gunned down in coffee shop in WA was the lead story. The reporters and news anchors all set a tone of sadness and remorse for the cops who were killed. They talked in low concerned voices, no one smiled or was happy or cracked any jokes. The news report was sad, scary and made you want to never leave your home, unless a bear enters your house..lol.

Internet

2009-11-29T16:08:00.000-08:00

There are 171 social networking sites. I have heard of Myspace, Facebook, Tumblr and that's it. I have never heard of Skyrock, so I looked it up and found that it is a french based site that is more targeted towards under 25 people that are musicians, since you can post your latest music. It is in the top-ten social networking sites but doesn't reach international popularity due to its french-based language site.

I use facebook to connect with friends in high school, but mainly to keep in contact with my family in Italy. All of my cousins and friends I have made there write me on Facebook and I really enjoy the site. One time I read someone's "status update" and thought it was about me. I called them and realized it wasn't. I avoided a nearly embarrassing moment.

Television

2009-11-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

YouTube - How Television Works

length: 3:43

description: This video shows how television effects our brains

chapter 9: Television

Question: How does television effect the nervous system?

Answer: It induces the "fight-or-flight" syndrome, but since it is absurd to react to tv violence, it suppresses it.

Movies or Recordings

2009-11-01T17:55:00.000-08:00

My favorite movie of 2009 was Children of Men. I am a little behind the times because I get my videos from the library, but I really enjoyed seeing a realistic future depiction in a movie that didn't over-do it, thoughtful action scenes, dark but brings hope. Also, it was cast perfectly. I also like Into the Wild, The Island, The Wackness, all available for free at your local library. If you like to pay for media, click here:

Amazon.com: Children of Men (Widescreen Edition): Michael Caine, Pam Ferris, Julianne Moore, Peter Mullan, Clive Owen, Danny Huston, Jacek Koman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Oana Pellea, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Paul Sharma, Emmanuel Lubezki, John Tavener, Alfonso Cuarón: Movies & TV

My favorite sound recording is by one of my favorite musicians, John Lennox, better known as Panda Bear. The song is called "Bros." I like it because it is creative, inspiring, and when I discovered what the lyrics were I felt as though I connected with this song. Pres Play:

Amazon.com: Person Pitch: Panda Bear: Music

Magazines

2009-10-18T22:53:00.000-07:00

Name: The New World

Concept: Will explore the worlds natural medicine, Medical Marijuana. It will cover different ways to use it, how it works, reviews of clubs, upcoming events and festivals, articles about the future of legalization, and just guidelines and tips on how medical marijuana can ease your pain. It will help those people that have real jobs and responsibilities, but are also daily medical marijuana users. Different from a grower's magazine or one that just shows pictures of buds, this magazine will help people live as cannabis patients, connect to this great community that we belong to as people who can enjoy the great gift of the earth, legally and live happily.

Readers: adults, young and old. 18-80 or beyond? male/female, any ethnic race. mostly patients of Medical Cannabis.

Other Mags: High Times, Cannabis Health, Cannabis Culture, American prospect Online, 420 Times Magazine, High Life, Hempworld

Five Advertisers: VapeNow, Seedmadness, LegalBuds.com, Harborside, stashproducts.com

Articles:

1. Top Ten Things to help you relax while enjoying your medication. (music, food, location, etc.)

2. The latest news on the fight for legalization.

3. Top 5 clubs in california - where to find them and what to buy!

4. Exercise while medicated: Burn fat while you burn!

5. Feeling good and staying focused: How to manage a job and school while being high.

The Cover: A big, amazing landscape picture or picture of the earth. Colorful, trippy but attention grabbing. Catchy headlines or a celebrity patient picture.

Books

2009-10-11T18:37:00.000-07:00

I don't read for pleasure really..if I want a work of fiction I like to relax and get a laugh with the television or go on an adventure with a good film. I usually just ready to expand my brain or for school. These are my influential books.

1: "Living, Studying and Working in Italy" - NOT A TRAVEL BOOK, this book put my dream of moving to Italy on hold for a while. I go visit my family there once a year and I really want to live there. They tell me no and my parents do to. Until I finished this book and realized how much work it is and how I should just get my education here first, I had a dream. This book taught me to wait.

Amazon.com: Living, Studying, and Working in Italy: Everything You Need to Know to Live La Dolce Vita (9780805073065): Monica Larner, Travis Neighbor Ward: Books

2: "Haight Ashbury: A History" - I absolutely love learning about things they don't teach you in school. We are so close to the place where social consciousness almost created a place where we could live in peace. Humans coming together to celebrate life, it was a different time back then and this book about the bay area in the 60's changed my life because it showed me what really happened and that people like me used to exist and to keep faith something will change again.

Amazon.com: The Haight-Ashbury: A History (9781932958553): Charles Perry: Books

3: "Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown" - this is just one of many influential books I have read in the past few years, another "what really happened" book. Nothing gets sugar coated, or edited for schools. I love to read about what they try to cover up and don't want us to know. The settlers stole this country, removed a entire race of people and enslaved another to build their own country in its place. It was influential because it showed me another reason why there will always be resentment and prejudice in this country.

Amazon.com: Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America (9780060090579): Benjamin Woolley: Books

Media Impact

2009-10-11T18:23:00.001-07:00

I will be conducting a study on the socialization of today’s children from the media, specifically video games. I will take four random children from different age groups. One from 4th grade, one from 6th grade, one from 8th grade and one high school senior. I will observe how many hours they play video games every day, see how it effects their attention and participation in class, their social behavior, negative attitude or violent behavior and their energy levels. I believe video games hinder productivity, motivation and turn kids into violent robots. That is just my theory. Some might try and prove individual differences theory, but I believe cultivation is so strong and kids nowadays spend so much time with video games that my lab experiment will come out positive. By using survey methods I will ask them questions and see how these video games effect them. Try and prove against the cathasis theory and show the world how bad video games are.

Media Autobiography

2009-10-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

The television was and is my parent, my teacher, my advisor, my friend and my window to the world without having to step outside. All my life I have consumed media. Reading children's books that shaped my young mind. A children's show that taught me to spell and to laugh. Waiting by the radio for my favorite song to come on the air so I could hit record and listen to it again and again. Sitting by the television and eating while the rest of my family sat at the table. Learning my values from a sitcom family. Learning my ABC's from a blue puppet. My generation was just the beginning. We were the firsts to be able to go on the internet and comunicate with the world. Our minds are filled with so much content, stimulents from such a media overload, I am surprised I call myself normal. I will admit I have been brainwashed from when I was a child. How to speak, act, what to wear, what to want, all programed into my mind for me. It has taken me twenty-five years to break out of my cloud and see this effect media has on people.

I want to change this. I want to get back at the advertisers that targeted me as a youth when the laws against advertising towards children were abolished in 1984. Shows like He-Man and Ninja Turtles molded my little mind into a mush of consuming and branding. I want to teach the world to turn off their television and get out in the world, talk in the streets, be human! The media can be used for good, but it isn't. They could save the world but they would rather pump commercials and products on us and force us to want them by showing scare topics on the news like disease and disasters to depress and motivate us to consume. Pump our brains with ideology and politics, and use propaganda to sway our ideas and votes to what "they want".

I am a F/Tva and comm major and I will do something in my life to get my revenge. For all those years spent layed out on the couch hooked up to my laugh box. But how could one take on the media and it's main weapon the TV? It makes me feel so warm and homey when I have it on. Without that glow, and that sound of my sitcom family I am alone. And it this world of techno robots we call "humans", being alone is a scary thing.