A Korean TV show called, “Ac-Nyu Diary (악녀일기)” is a reality show which portrays the life of wealthy girls over three seasons. Some of them use over ten million won a month, while the others enjoy getting Prada and Gucci handbags from fifty different men they date. They are spoiled girls who spend their parents’ money as if they use water, and think they are on top of everyone. However, they are never to be under estimated. People who watch the show might think they are spoiled and have got nothing to be proud of, they usually get jealous watching those rich girls. One of the blog says the show is attractive because it shows the audience what they do not possess. The girls on the show are pretty enough to have men who are obedient and who serve expensive products at their feet. These girls are characters who you always think they only exist in the internet or movies. Any girl should dream of a life in which she could order the world around with her money one time. The show fulfills the presumptuous little dream and gives satisfaction.
It is ironic that the TV show contains the cause of poverty. Today, the gap between the wealth and the poverty is getting even larger. When few of the population possess a tremendously huge amount of money, in the inversely proportional ratio, people with little money happen to get even less money. Nevertheless, people, who watch that show, naturally see that it seems nice and novel to live like the rich spoiled girls. The power of TV medium has the greatest influence on people who watch it. TV makes people think in certain ways. It changes people’s ideology and the way to analyze situations. When people keep watching the show without acknowledging the risk, people will not be conscious of what should be done and to what they should look up to.
2008년 9월 14일 일요일
poverty
www.poverty.com is a a site in which its name says it all. It is about worldwide poverty. When you first enter the site, there is a list of attention-grabbing peripherals. For example, the world map that represents every death that occurded during the hour by hunger. At fist, I thought, “how is this [getting all the information of every child’s death] possible?” but as I read, on the bottom of the page was an explanation: Note: The world hunger map display above is representational only and does not show the names and faces of real people. The photographs are computer composites of multiple individuals. More over, there is a list on the left side of the webpage that displays the following: Problems of Poverty, Solution to Poverty, and What can you do. Seeing the list, I thought to my self that the website displays poverty as if it was nothing. The only solution the website has is ‘international aid.’ “Almost all of the deaths from hunger and disease that you see on this site can be stopped. The cost to do this is about $195 billion a year, according to the United Nations. Twenty-two developed countries below have pledged to work towards each giving 0.7% (a little less than 1%) of their national income in international aid, which would raise the $195 billion. Some countries are slow to meet their pledge.”(www.Poverty.com). The listings of the cause of poverty are all the case in third world countries, such as
As for the impact of communication, I personally think that this website is on the edge. The information provided looks serious. Moreover, since it is a website with a big name, I think that the makers of the website are serious about worldwide poverty. The way the website gave its information is also convenient. The links provided on the sides can get us the exact information that the user is looking for. For example, I had questions about diarrhea causing death, so I went to the diarrhea section and found out in depth about diarrhea causing death. However, if I call back to the power point that informs us on a “reliable” site, which told us that a website with flashy attention grabbers should be held of suspicion, this site is on the money. As soon as I entered the site, as noted above, there was an attention grabbing flash. Moreover, the information provided on the first page was minute. Therefore, as noted above, I think that this site is on the edge. As for the creators are unknown, background information is hard to grasp. Nevertheless, the information provided seems credible and serious.
www.poverty.com2008년 9월 7일 일요일
Jenn: Music
“In the Ghetto” is a famous song sang by Elvis Presley in 1960’s. The term “ghetto” was popularly used in the late 60’s, with many poor neighbor everywhere. More and more people got “ghetto” as the time went by. When Elvis Presley was a young man, he lived in the period of the poverty in America. When he produced the song “In the Ghetto”, he already knew it would be a hit. Once he was certain that the song would be popular, he sang it to draw attention of the citizens to the poor neighbors. The lyrics contain a story of a little boy. A pregnant woman was thrown out in the ghetto, and no one was willing to help her. Then a little boy was born in the ghetto, while the mother was morning another hungry mouth to feed. As the baby grew in the misery, the boy grew to learn stealing, fighting and performing violent behaviors. He was angry at the world and at himself being born in it. The devastating story of the little boy ends on a street of the ghetto, as he killed himself with a gun he’d stolen.
“In the Ghetto” contains a socially conscious message. The song, with a story of a young boy who lived a heartbreaking life, was a hit as Elvis Presley had expected. For the first time, many people were informed with the serious reality of their neighbors. In the middle of the song, Elvis asks “don’t you know he [the little boy] would be an angry man someday,” warning the people to move before it is too late. The song ends with another baby being born in the ghetto. It leaves the space for the audience to think of what they should do from then on to improve the situation. By one powerfully popular singer, the message of poverty and its seriousness was sent to the mass.
"In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley Songfacts." Song Meanings at Songfacts. 7 Sep. 2008 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=469.
"Elvis Presley In The Ghetto lyrics." LyricsFreak — ( A-Z Song Lyrics ). 7 Sep. 2008 http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/elvis+presley/in+the+ghetto_20048735.html.
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVFnhO3A98
“In the Ghetto” contains a socially conscious message. The song, with a story of a young boy who lived a heartbreaking life, was a hit as Elvis Presley had expected. For the first time, many people were informed with the serious reality of their neighbors. In the middle of the song, Elvis asks “don’t you know he [the little boy] would be an angry man someday,” warning the people to move before it is too late. The song ends with another baby being born in the ghetto. It leaves the space for the audience to think of what they should do from then on to improve the situation. By one powerfully popular singer, the message of poverty and its seriousness was sent to the mass.
"In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley Songfacts." Song Meanings at Songfacts. 7 Sep. 2008 http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=469.
"Elvis Presley In The Ghetto lyrics." LyricsFreak — ( A-Z Song Lyrics ). 7 Sep. 2008 http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/elvis+presley/in+the+ghetto_20048735.html.
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=zmVFnhO3A98
Jenn: Music
Ten years ago, there was an idol group in Korea, called “g.o.d.” The group was composed of five attractive young men. Their popularity did not seem to stop increasing. Once they got extremely popular, they revealed their past: when they had nothing. When the five were young and fameless, when they were preparing to be singers yet, they were drastically poor. They had nothing except for their talent in music and a tiny apartment on a rooftop. A music producer made a song out of their past, called To Mom. The lyric goes, “When I was little and my mom worked at the field, we were poor. Once I got sick and tired of ramyun which I ate every meal. So I begged my mom to order jjajangmyun, and she took 2000won from her sock and ordered one bowl of jjajangmyun. When I asked why aren’t you eating, she answered, I hate jjajangmyun…” The song To Mom made every young people in Korea cry. Songs are highly effective that millions of people listen to it for more than fifty times. The group g.o.d. had tremendous number of fans who worshiped them. When the group presented To Mom, the effect the song had on teenagers in Korea was huge. It gave the teenagers a chance to think about poverty, and they thought of ways to help powerless people like g.o.d. members were used to be. All it took was one short song to move teenagers’ hearts to think about poor. It was truly the power of media.
2008년 9월 6일 토요일
Jennifer: Stereotype
One stereotype people have about me is that I would be comparably mature than others in my grade. It is because I belong to the older group of people in my grade, and I talk like a mother. I have a little brother who is three years younger than I am. Since long ago, I used to take care of my brother like a mother. Like every other sibling in the world, we argued a lot. However, I always looked after my brother when no one asked me to. Even in my dorm, I am the oldest girl. Girls say that I am like their older sister or even a mother. They often accidently call me “Mom!” Many people also assume that I am extremely honest with everything so that I tempt to express my emotions anytime I want.
I sometimes assume that Chinese do not wash themselves. That is one stereotype I have towards Chinese. Personality by blood type is one stereotype I have. Person with blood type O should be out-going, bright, honest and funny. Blood type B should be aggressive, a big mouth and loves meeting people in opposite sex. Type A should be shy, sweet but bursting out when with anger. Type AB should be either a genius or a psycho. Many Koreans have this stereotype when judging others when they first meet.
I think stereotypes are from judging or assuming something about others you do not know, with uncertain factors. Sometimes stereotypes are correct. However, not all Americans love sweets, not all Chinese do not take a shower and not all Asians smell like garlic. I personally think stereotype is not quite beneficial. Thinking of someone having a stereotype about me is not a pleasant thought. Sometimes one makes prejudice out of a stereotype.
I sometimes assume that Chinese do not wash themselves. That is one stereotype I have towards Chinese. Personality by blood type is one stereotype I have. Person with blood type O should be out-going, bright, honest and funny. Blood type B should be aggressive, a big mouth and loves meeting people in opposite sex. Type A should be shy, sweet but bursting out when with anger. Type AB should be either a genius or a psycho. Many Koreans have this stereotype when judging others when they first meet.
I think stereotypes are from judging or assuming something about others you do not know, with uncertain factors. Sometimes stereotypes are correct. However, not all Americans love sweets, not all Chinese do not take a shower and not all Asians smell like garlic. I personally think stereotype is not quite beneficial. Thinking of someone having a stereotype about me is not a pleasant thought. Sometimes one makes prejudice out of a stereotype.
povertyy
As students, we have probably all used wikipedia to get some sort of information for a project or presentation. However, if we take the “is-it-reliable?” power point, it is not reliable at all. First off, it does not have a published author. Anybody can post anything on wikipedia. However, I do not think that teacher know the truth about wikipedia. If the posting is not true, wikipedia deletes the posting within 24 hours. Enough said about wikipedia, I decided to look up poverty on wikipedia. If I search “poverty” on wikipedia, I can probably get enough information to do a couple hours speech on poverty. However, teachers wouldn’t accept it because the reason noted above. It isn’t reliable because anybody can post information. Moreover, the uploaded information is from other sites, which are cited at the bottom. I personally do not think that teachers know about this. Therefore, teachers see wikipeda as an unreliable source. Furthermore, because the author is anonymous, it is hard to tell if it is biased because the author is anonymous and we, as readers, do not know anything about the author and, or his/her background. It I easy for the author to post information only based on his opinion.
On wikipedia, if the searched topic is famous, such as poverty, there is more than enough information. For my case, there is a table of contents that split the information on poverty into 11 sections. By splitting the information into 11 sections, people can get the information they want rapidly. Therefore, I personally think that the way wikipedia gets its information across is convenient. Not only convenient, but also quality information. Because wikipedia also provided graphics, such as graph, maps, pictures, it can further connect to the reader. As noted above, all the information that wikipedia uses is cited. Therefore, if we can not trust wikipedia, we can go to that cited site and check out that site. However, the information would probably be the same.
poverty
Every time I sit down and open the internet and search “poverty”, the articles that pop up are all just so profound. There are many ways that a person or a city in this case, can reach poverty. This particular article was about a serious natural disaster that causes poverty just three days ago. On Thursday, Tropical Storm Hanna drowned the city of
Although typical articles have authors, I could not find the author for this particular article. However, I am confident to say that the article is unbiased. Based on my past observations of using CNN, they author does a really good job of pointing out facts and opinions from every perspective. Also, the quotes and dictions used in the articled fit in best to describe the gravity of the situation to its full extent.
"The situation in
Anger and frustration was growing at the inability or unwillingness of the government and the international community to help. (CNN).
This quote was used to describe the sympathy of the chairman of
All in all, the articles on CNN can communicates its message lucidly to the readers by using their quotes and dictions to put and image of the situation into the reader’s mind.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/04/haiti.floods.ap/index.html
stereotype
When I was living in the states, I was the only Korean in my grade for two years, seventh and eighth grade. Therefore, my friends thought or called me the tallest Korean. They called me Yao Ming. Another stereotype that people have of me is that I am fat. But I don’t really care if I am for or not because I honestly do not care. Because I lived with and experienced all kinds of cultures and backgrounds, I do not really have any stereotypes of other people. I know all sorts of stereotypes but I know that majority of them are not true. For example, that white people can not jump. I know a lot of white people that can jump. Another stereotype that I have is the if a female wears make up, they do not study as much. However, there are plenty of females who wear make up and do well academically. Furthermore, depending on the stereotype, it can be either harmful or beneficial. If we take the stereotype that Koreans are work horses, it would be harmful. People will be coming to Koreans for help all the time; therefore, Koreans would not have “free time.” However, after living and interacting with all kinds of cultures and stereotypes, I personally do not think that there are beneficial stereotypes.
2008년 9월 3일 수요일
Stereotype
Other people look at me and almost always think that I’m a very serious and dull, rather cold person when they look at me. I think it’s probably because of my relatively tall height and facial expression when I stay still. And indeed, I’m quite shy towards the people I don’t know, and sometimes can be rather stiff in my attitude. But when I’m with the people I know well, or have known them for a long time, I become completely loose and joke around like a clown. Most of the people that know me well afterwards tell me that on the outside I look so cool and calm, but when they know me I’m actually really hysteric.
I also have stereotypes about other people, and I do make a prediction about how that person might be like from my first sight unintentionally. But normally this stereotype constantly change, especially right after I hear them talking. Normally when I see thin people with glasses I tend to think that they are very studious. When I see thin and short boys I tend to think that they are very shy and have a hard time in socializing with other people. When I see girls with thick make-up I think that they are far from studying and like to party and shop. Basically I have all the typical stereotypes about people in their appearance, with some personal view added, depending on the way the person acts or moves. My stereotype tend to miss quite often, and that’s why I try not to form any opinions about a person when I’ve just have had a look at them without having a conversation. But I cannot help the imaginative character that I create inside my mind.
Stereotypes can be good in a way, because when a person knows certain stereotypes of the society, they can intentionally portray that stereotype in how they act and wear, to make a statement about themselves without words. This can also be used as a mark of a specific group of people. At other times, for people who know stereotypes very precisely and can judge a person at their first sight with accuracy, it will be beneficial for them in knowing what relationships to have with certain people. However, normally this is bad, because every person has a multiple face inside them, very irrelevant to what they seem on the outside. Therefore the best way is to try to ignore all the stereotypical notions, and make a logical and reasonable judgment after gathering enough information about the person.
I also have stereotypes about other people, and I do make a prediction about how that person might be like from my first sight unintentionally. But normally this stereotype constantly change, especially right after I hear them talking. Normally when I see thin people with glasses I tend to think that they are very studious. When I see thin and short boys I tend to think that they are very shy and have a hard time in socializing with other people. When I see girls with thick make-up I think that they are far from studying and like to party and shop. Basically I have all the typical stereotypes about people in their appearance, with some personal view added, depending on the way the person acts or moves. My stereotype tend to miss quite often, and that’s why I try not to form any opinions about a person when I’ve just have had a look at them without having a conversation. But I cannot help the imaginative character that I create inside my mind.
Stereotypes can be good in a way, because when a person knows certain stereotypes of the society, they can intentionally portray that stereotype in how they act and wear, to make a statement about themselves without words. This can also be used as a mark of a specific group of people. At other times, for people who know stereotypes very precisely and can judge a person at their first sight with accuracy, it will be beneficial for them in knowing what relationships to have with certain people. However, normally this is bad, because every person has a multiple face inside them, very irrelevant to what they seem on the outside. Therefore the best way is to try to ignore all the stereotypical notions, and make a logical and reasonable judgment after gathering enough information about the person.
2008년 8월 31일 일요일
Jennifer 2nd: Film
Many movies deal with poverty, regardless of the period. One of them is called, “A Little Princess”. This movie talks about how people’s attitude toward wealthy people and powerless people differs.
There was a girl named Sarah whose father was at the battlefield. Her father was famous with his great fortune. Before he went to the battlefield, he took Sarah to a boarding school and gave the teacher a huge amount of money. The teacher treated Sarah as a princess since then. However, once she heard a new that Sarah’s father was killed at the war, and did not leave any fortune for Sarah, she put Sarah in the dark attic and treated her as a servant. Her attitude toward Sarah changed humongous depending on the money she had. Through many events, Sarah met her father who lost his memory temporarily, still with a great fortune. The teacher tries her best to keep Sarah in the school with the money, but Sarah left the school.
Sarah was a girl with extremely hopeful and positive mind. Even when she was having a hard time missing her father, she was nice to the servant girl Becky, and her peers. The movie’s message is that even in a bad situation, with hope and loving mind, one could overcome the conflict and be blessed. One in a poor situation could watch the movie to be encouraged and gain new strength from it. The moral hidden in the movie is the message, which the director wanted to tell the audience.
http://blog.naver.com/iswo?Redirect=Log&logNo=90033462893
There was a girl named Sarah whose father was at the battlefield. Her father was famous with his great fortune. Before he went to the battlefield, he took Sarah to a boarding school and gave the teacher a huge amount of money. The teacher treated Sarah as a princess since then. However, once she heard a new that Sarah’s father was killed at the war, and did not leave any fortune for Sarah, she put Sarah in the dark attic and treated her as a servant. Her attitude toward Sarah changed humongous depending on the money she had. Through many events, Sarah met her father who lost his memory temporarily, still with a great fortune. The teacher tries her best to keep Sarah in the school with the money, but Sarah left the school.
Sarah was a girl with extremely hopeful and positive mind. Even when she was having a hard time missing her father, she was nice to the servant girl Becky, and her peers. The movie’s message is that even in a bad situation, with hope and loving mind, one could overcome the conflict and be blessed. One in a poor situation could watch the movie to be encouraged and gain new strength from it. The moral hidden in the movie is the message, which the director wanted to tell the audience.
http://blog.naver.com/iswo?Redirect=Log&logNo=90033462893
Jennifer 1st: Film
The film “Stop Loss” is about the Iraq War. The term, “stop loss,” refers to the policy that states, when U.S. army lacks back-up soldiers, they can always bring back the soldiers who already finished their military service period, at any time. The main character fights at the Iraq War, losing many of his comrades, and is discharged from the army to come back home. However, due to shortage of soldiers, he is called to rejoin the army. He speaks up to go against the “stop loss”. This movie talks against the government of America and President Bush. The main character of the movie says, “I’ve done enough for the country”. The director of the movie heard of “stop loss” when his step brother volunteered to join the army in age of 18. He thought of stop loss the most unfair and unjust policy. He drew the picture of the U.S. government as a group of heinous and atrocious people gathered together. Even “New York Post,” the paper that is pro-Bush, could not talk bad of the movie “Stop Loss” and hoped the best luck for the soldiers who were forced to go back to the battlefield.
Many people heard about stop loss for the first time as they watched this movie. The director’s purpose of revealing the unfair policy called stop loss was successfully done. Many people who watched the movie unintentionally believed there was something wrong with the government. The message against Bush affected the people’s thinking greatly through the story plot. One usually feels sympathy for the main character. A few actually changed their opinion about the policy after watching the movie. The movie had a great influence on people’s speculation.
http://enc.daum.net/dic100/contents.do?query1=20X9477743
http://blog.daum.net/shuu1124/14914191?srchid=BR1http%3A%2F%2Fblog.daum.net%2Fshuu1124%2F14914191
Many people heard about stop loss for the first time as they watched this movie. The director’s purpose of revealing the unfair policy called stop loss was successfully done. Many people who watched the movie unintentionally believed there was something wrong with the government. The message against Bush affected the people’s thinking greatly through the story plot. One usually feels sympathy for the main character. A few actually changed their opinion about the policy after watching the movie. The movie had a great influence on people’s speculation.
http://enc.daum.net/dic100/contents.do?query1=20X9477743
http://blog.daum.net/shuu1124/14914191?srchid=BR1http%3A%2F%2Fblog.daum.net%2Fshuu1124%2F14914191
Moon-Kyung (1)
"MUSIC AGAINST POVERTY" (MAP) is a project that was held in February, for the poor children and families of Africa (especially Ghana). Both African and International Artist came to perform for the African people, to get sponsor and donations from people all around the world. Most of the performances were recorded and uploaded in YouTube. The songs that I’ve heard in the performance videos weren’t related to ‘poverty’, though there also were some songs directly talking about poverty, in some sections of the advertisement video.
Generally this isn't a specific song or piece that talks about poverty, but the fact that 'music' is used to promote a campaign for the poor in Africa shows us how music can be used to make a broader statement (out of just its words and melodies), as a form of culture and a social connector. Music makes people act by not just affecting them emotionally, but also by being a form of medium for consensus between music-lovers (this is something new that I’ve realized through this research). There is no specific bias in this campaign, because it isn’t voicing a statement of a specific person or a group, nor is it for a personal benefit. It is for the ‘poor’ people, who can be considered as a specific group that the campaign dedicates to, and we can say that it is biased in saying that the poor in Africa need help, rather than leaving them alone to survive on their own. But since such view is a worldly accepted notion, it’s rather meaningless to criticize it logically.
There also was a blog in MSN that is continuous of this campaign, with different artists that have joined to support and promote the website. This also shows that different artists that represent the music industry can be a motivation to their fans to also support what they support. This is a very indoctrinated, sometimes even a dangerous form of mass media that can lure the fans into doing something they don’t really want to, but it’s hard to say that it is biased because the fans have chosen which artists to follow and whether to follow or not by themselves without specific intentional persuasion, except for appealing with their music.
Promotion Video: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr0r_7QVBY
Blog address:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=282091586
Generally this isn't a specific song or piece that talks about poverty, but the fact that 'music' is used to promote a campaign for the poor in Africa shows us how music can be used to make a broader statement (out of just its words and melodies), as a form of culture and a social connector. Music makes people act by not just affecting them emotionally, but also by being a form of medium for consensus between music-lovers (this is something new that I’ve realized through this research). There is no specific bias in this campaign, because it isn’t voicing a statement of a specific person or a group, nor is it for a personal benefit. It is for the ‘poor’ people, who can be considered as a specific group that the campaign dedicates to, and we can say that it is biased in saying that the poor in Africa need help, rather than leaving them alone to survive on their own. But since such view is a worldly accepted notion, it’s rather meaningless to criticize it logically.
There also was a blog in MSN that is continuous of this campaign, with different artists that have joined to support and promote the website. This also shows that different artists that represent the music industry can be a motivation to their fans to also support what they support. This is a very indoctrinated, sometimes even a dangerous form of mass media that can lure the fans into doing something they don’t really want to, but it’s hard to say that it is biased because the fans have chosen which artists to follow and whether to follow or not by themselves without specific intentional persuasion, except for appealing with their music.
Promotion Video: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr0r_7QVBY
Blog address:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=282091586
2008년 8월 30일 토요일
Media Assignment 2
Father’s tears help student understand poverty
This article, interviewed by Kimberly Lewkowitz of CNN, was about an Indian family who lost a family member due to an illness. Moreover, the poverty the family has to deal with. In the article, the author notes that the family lives in a small house for a 300 rupee (7$) a month rent. If we look at it in our perspective, $7 is not a lot of money. Our lunch probably costs more than that. However, for the family in India, $7 is probably worth as much as $1,000.
For this specific article, I believe that the author is doing the work necessary in order to get the information needed. He asks if any family members have died from an illness. From my perspective, that question is very rude to ask. However, I understand the interviewer’s duty to get the information. Moreover, as the interview proceeds, the interviewers himself says, “In my mind I could not find the answer for why I have been so blessed in life and others have not.” This sentence itself proves to the readers that the interviewers is not only thinking about himself, but also thinking about other who are not as blessed as he is. However, as readers, it is possible to think that the interviewers had put this quote in to sound un-bias. That is us, as readers, to never find out. Anyhow, for the characteristics of the article, the diction used to describe the emotions and the actions are profound.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/14/medical.care.india/index.html
This article, interviewed by Kimberly Lewkowitz of CNN, was about an Indian family who lost a family member due to an illness. Moreover, the poverty the family has to deal with. In the article, the author notes that the family lives in a small house for a 300 rupee (7$) a month rent. If we look at it in our perspective, $7 is not a lot of money. Our lunch probably costs more than that. However, for the family in India, $7 is probably worth as much as $1,000.
For this specific article, I believe that the author is doing the work necessary in order to get the information needed. He asks if any family members have died from an illness. From my perspective, that question is very rude to ask. However, I understand the interviewer’s duty to get the information. Moreover, as the interview proceeds, the interviewers himself says, “In my mind I could not find the answer for why I have been so blessed in life and others have not.” This sentence itself proves to the readers that the interviewers is not only thinking about himself, but also thinking about other who are not as blessed as he is. However, as readers, it is possible to think that the interviewers had put this quote in to sound un-bias. That is us, as readers, to never find out. Anyhow, for the characteristics of the article, the diction used to describe the emotions and the actions are profound.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/14/medical.care.india/index.html
Media Assignment
Poverty has been and is a global problem today, especially in the third world countries. From the article, Kimberly Lewkowtiz, a CNN reporter, interviews students from USC (University of Southern California) who traveled to India to raise awareness of oral cancer and water. However, as the students stayed in India, I believe they began to notice the gravity of poverty.
For this specific article, I believe the students are the ones being impacted the most of the experience of poverty. As noted in the article, the students were invited to a ceremony of the Desphande family for their son, who graduated MIT. Until after a week, the students were unaware of the gravity of poverty. The student decided to go downtown for a weekend. “It was in this particular adventure that I began understanding the inescapable poverty in the Hubli people's lives. The townspeople walked barefoot in the muddy streets, carrying hefty baskets on top of their heads. Countless unsupervised children darted back and forth, some on rusty bikes, others in the hands of other siblings”(Lewkowitz). Not too much later, the students head back to the hotel. On his way to the hotel, he witnesses a crowd of people. The student stops and goes with the crowd to witness the unexpected, a dead man. I deduce that this few hours in downtown dazed the student. The poverty the people live in. The purpose of this article is obviously to notify the world with the poverty that people still deal with today. The characteristics of the media, internet, is simple and to the point. Almost anyone can read it anytime and be impacted just like me. Although I only read two articles of poverty so far, the two articles were very sturdy and has changed my thoughts on poverty drastically. I never really that poverty was so drastic in other countries. However, reading about poverty and reflecting on it, I hope to change and learn more about it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/13/india.lifestyles/index.html?iref=newssearch
For this specific article, I believe the students are the ones being impacted the most of the experience of poverty. As noted in the article, the students were invited to a ceremony of the Desphande family for their son, who graduated MIT. Until after a week, the students were unaware of the gravity of poverty. The student decided to go downtown for a weekend. “It was in this particular adventure that I began understanding the inescapable poverty in the Hubli people's lives. The townspeople walked barefoot in the muddy streets, carrying hefty baskets on top of their heads. Countless unsupervised children darted back and forth, some on rusty bikes, others in the hands of other siblings”(Lewkowitz). Not too much later, the students head back to the hotel. On his way to the hotel, he witnesses a crowd of people. The student stops and goes with the crowd to witness the unexpected, a dead man. I deduce that this few hours in downtown dazed the student. The poverty the people live in. The purpose of this article is obviously to notify the world with the poverty that people still deal with today. The characteristics of the media, internet, is simple and to the point. Almost anyone can read it anytime and be impacted just like me. Although I only read two articles of poverty so far, the two articles were very sturdy and has changed my thoughts on poverty drastically. I never really that poverty was so drastic in other countries. However, reading about poverty and reflecting on it, I hope to change and learn more about it.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/13/india.lifestyles/index.html?iref=newssearch
2008년 8월 24일 일요일
JAcob Kim Step 4
Growing up in
This is where I got my impact. Because the internet is so easy to get sidetracked, I could not get focused whenever I was on the internet. However, as I matured, I started to realize that computer entertainment is not going to get me anywhere in life. From that point on, I tried to stay focus on my work, but it did not happened over night. It probably took my about a year until I could fully focus on my work and then play me games or do whatever. Anyhow, the internet taught me a simple, but rather important lesson – staying focused. This had the mot impact on me because starting from high school, I realized that staying focused during class is really important because the material is hard to grasp. However, because I had learned to stay focused, I believe my high school year has been easier than it would have if I did not learn how to stay focused.
Step 3 Newspaper
A newspaper is a written publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, bines, art/entertainment, society, and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns which express the personal opinions of writers. Supplementary secant may contain advertising, comics, coupons, and other printed media. Newspapers are mot often published on a daily or weekly basis, and they usually focus on one particular geographic are where most of their reader live. Despite recent setbacks in circulation and profits, newspapers are still the most iconic outlet for news and other type of written journalism.
Jacob Kim Step 1
Born on April 29th, 1991 , Fort Lee New Jersey Seoul International School Wheeling , West Virginia Linsly School
step4 Jenn: FILM
Films take a huge part of my life. When I was little, I loved drawing cartoons. My dream was to be an artist who draws pictures for children all around the world. As I watched children’s films, I dreamed that I could create images with my own animation techniques and special effects. I used to watch various kinds of animations and cartoons analyzing the techniques used and the story plots. The male characters always fascinated me as a little girl, who liked dresses and the color pink. I was little, and as a gullible child, I actually believed that cartoons could happen in real life. Films helped me with growing and developing my imagination. I imagined cities underwater, me flying fifty feet above the earth, or the world with only two colors.
One of the biggest reasons why people watch films is that they feel vicarious satisfaction. Watching a love story makes one feels like he/she is in love, and an action movie makes one feels like he/she is to save the world as a crime-fighter. As a child, I also wanted to grow old faster so that I could do what the main character of the movie did. It is one of the functions, or powers, that films hold.
Watching movies is one of the most favorite activities of almost everyone in a dorm. As a dorm student, I watch movies frequently with my friends. Every weekend dorm parents borrow a movie to let us watch. It is a time to spend with my friends. Talking about the movie and finding common interests afterwards, we can develop our friendship as well. Among the sources of media, films are influential to my life for the longest period as far as I remember. That is why I think films have the most impact on my life.
One of the biggest reasons why people watch films is that they feel vicarious satisfaction. Watching a love story makes one feels like he/she is in love, and an action movie makes one feels like he/she is to save the world as a crime-fighter. As a child, I also wanted to grow old faster so that I could do what the main character of the movie did. It is one of the functions, or powers, that films hold.
Watching movies is one of the most favorite activities of almost everyone in a dorm. As a dorm student, I watch movies frequently with my friends. Every weekend dorm parents borrow a movie to let us watch. It is a time to spend with my friends. Talking about the movie and finding common interests afterwards, we can develop our friendship as well. Among the sources of media, films are influential to my life for the longest period as far as I remember. That is why I think films have the most impact on my life.
Step4:Moon-Kyung (Music)
Music is a very important part of my life. And although I do havepre-built philosophies and opinions about a subject, through other mediums of information, music is the mass media that influences me the most, by aggrandizing the certainty in my thoughts. I value pure emotions over logical analysis, since I consider raw feelings without external influences (situations and trends) is the most truthful and valid knowledge a human can posses. I do think evidence and reasoning is valuable in seeing a subject realistically and practically, but I always have an acknowledgement that claims made by such method can be distorted, or challenged, so I take it with criticism. On the other hand, music can be interpreted subjectively by individuals without external influences, if it is heard and analyzed before hearing anyone else’s comments about the piece. But of course the music itself is fundamentally an opinion and feelings of the artist himself, and therefore is already a biased form of information. But somehow it is made into an emotional form, which can be accepted naturally into the mind without much question, if the melody itself is a convincing and moving piece.
I see that music has the most impact in my life through daily experience. I’ve gained a lot of psychological help from music, and it was the most convenient and effective method compared to other methods, such as having the empathy of other people, hearing stories of alike people or getting logical solutions to the problems. Different types of music can change my emotion to a very large extent, sometimes helping me control my moods throughout the day by listening to specific types of music. The statements made through the lyrics in the music are much more convincing, since there is an emotional touch to the words, which makes it seem more honest and vivid. Moreover, lyrics are often left vague and open by using diction that has multiple meanings, so I can interpret the lyric in a way that fits my situations or opinions.
I see that music has the most impact in my life through daily experience. I’ve gained a lot of psychological help from music, and it was the most convenient and effective method compared to other methods, such as having the empathy of other people, hearing stories of alike people or getting logical solutions to the problems. Different types of music can change my emotion to a very large extent, sometimes helping me control my moods throughout the day by listening to specific types of music. The statements made through the lyrics in the music are much more convincing, since there is an emotional touch to the words, which makes it seem more honest and vivid. Moreover, lyrics are often left vague and open by using diction that has multiple meanings, so I can interpret the lyric in a way that fits my situations or opinions.
Step3: Music
Music is defined as an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. Dictionary.com LLA, 2008, <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/music
step2: MASS MEDIA
MASS MEDIA are not only a strong source of information but also a method of communicating with a mass of people in public. Examples include music; literary works such as newspapers or books; films; television shows; and internet. The media, pointing at a large number of people, give people certain messages and often influence the preposed ideologies with biased opinions implanted in the information.
2008년 8월 23일 토요일
step3 Jenn: INTERNET
INTERNET is an extremely large computer network that connects smaller computer networks all around the world for a variety of purposes. The audience of internet is everyone who has an access to it. Through internet, a person on one side of the earth can reach the other on the other side of the earth contemporaneously. Everything is possible through the network: from chatting to hacking one's private information. Internet is an extremely strong source of information as well. Nowadays, the majority of world’s population, including almost all students in the world, uses internet as their sources. People also share information with others in need through websites and blogs. On the cyber network, it is always one's choice to keep it anonymous, which can make internet a harmful weapon. One can perform a cyber crime and never get caught. When internet is used with responsibility, it is indeed a powerful tool to improve our lives.
Jenn<3
Hello guys,
My name is Jennifer Kim. I'm from Yanji China and am living in Stone Dorm now. I value friendship. I love hanging out with friends during weekends, chatting, watching movies and drinking cups of coffee. In TCIS, I have had chances to experience and learn new things. I am extremely blessed here. Now I am here to share the love I've received. I am quite excited about the new year. Let's finish strong guys! :)
My name is Jennifer Kim. I'm from Yanji China and am living in Stone Dorm now. I value friendship. I love hanging out with friends during weekends, chatting, watching movies and drinking cups of coffee. In TCIS, I have had chances to experience and learn new things. I am extremely blessed here. Now I am here to share the love I've received. I am quite excited about the new year. Let's finish strong guys! :)
Step1: Moon-Kyung
My name is Moon-Kyung Chung, and I was born on the 10th of September, 1991. I was born in Korea and both of my parents are Korean, therefore I only have a Korean citizenship. I learned English when I attended an international school in Germany from grade 4 to 9. I came back to Korea after graduating middle school (which is grade 9) and prepared to take entrance exams for specialized Korean schools. I had to wait half a year to follow the Korean school’s year cycle, and in that time I temporarily attended TCIS, with the 08’ year students. Then I went to the Korean boarding school called Cheongshim International Academy for one and a half year before coming back to TCIS.
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