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Propaganda in Advertising/PR

2009-12-02T23:40:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLGk9Q

The three propaganda techniques this advertisement uses are intentional vagueness, slogans and virtue words.

Honda makes this advertisement with intentional vagueness by having their robot named ASIMO go through a museum of technology with no words to be said and you interpret the advertisement in your own way when watching him walk around. The words that are spoken later on in the advertisement are virtue words because they are positive words that describe Honda as being always creative and up to date with technology. At the end is their slogan... "HONDA, the power of dreams"

Internet

2009-12-02T23:12:00.000-08:00

On Wikipedia.org look up "social working websites"

How many sites were listed? 11,921 were listed

Which sites have you heard of? Facebook and Myspace

Do you know of any that aren't listed? No

Research and Describe a site you've never heard of:

Talenthouse
This social networking website's headquarters is located in Mountain View, CA. Talenthouse addresses artists working in music, film, fashion, art and photography as well as their supporters. Through Talenthouse artists can connect to each other.

How do you use social networking? I use social networking to keep in touch with old friends and to keep up to date on what they have been up to.

Which sites do you use? I used to use myspace but now I use facebook.

Describe one incident in which social networking got you in trouble or really helped you out:

Social networking really helped me out by finding new clients for me to take pictures of. I post pictures for people to see and they ask me to take pictures of their kids or of their wedding/events.

Television

2009-12-02T22:12:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429l13d

Length: 1:32
Description: A small motion picture (movie) advertising the new game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2"
Chapter 6: Movies
Question: When someone is looking at this movie, what ability of the brain are the consumers using?
Answer: The brains ability of persistence of vision

Movies

2009-12-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

What was your favorite movie of 2009?

My favorite movie of 2009 was "UP" by Disney's Pixar

In which format did you first see it?

I first saw it in the movie theaters

Why did you like it?

I liked it because it brought out all my feelings out. At the beginning of the movie I choked up and almost cried. At the same time it was exciting and really funny! Disney's Pixar always comes up with great movies to watch and they haven't failed me yet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/

Magazines

2009-12-02T21:25:00.000-08:00

Name of Magazine: New Concepts in Photojournalism

Concept: This magazine is different from other magazines because it will give a sense of direction of how to take your pictures for any situation. It will give tips of what to look for and how to portray what you are shooting into your own style. There will be a section for readers to give their own tips on how they tried new things and what succeeded for them while becoming a photojournalist.

Readers: For all readers who are interested in photojournalism or even just photography

Other Magazines serving this demographic: Foto8 and The Digital Journalist

Five advertisers who you think would like to reach your readers: (1) Canon (2) Nikon (3) Sony (4) Tamron and (5) Sigma

Five articles you might include in your premier issue: (1) Photojournalism in Wedding Photography (2) How to make a story come alive with a few pictures (3) You don't need an expensive camera to be a great Photojournalist (4) How fast things can happen if you are not ready for the shot and (5) How to exercise an Open mind

Describe the cover of your premier issue: The front cover would have a portrait of the top photojournalist of the year. The writing would be bold but elegent and the color scheme would match the photojournalist of the year's personality.

Books

2009-10-12T15:49:00.000-07:00

Here are three books I have read that influenced me the most:

The Bible -

I read the bible when I was little during church classes that I've taken during elementary school years. This book influenced me by teaching me how to treat others and the difference between good and bad. It taught me how to be a good person and what I shouldn't do to others.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the+bible&x=0&y=0

The Diary of Anne Frank -

I read The Diary of Anne Frank in High School and it was one of the books that showed me I was lucky to be fortunate in this world. This book makes me think of how much more worse things could be than how I'm living now and I should be thankful for everything I have right now.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_19?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=diary+of+anne+frank&x=0&y=0&sprefix=diary+of+anne+frank

Rich Dad, Poor Dad -

Rich Dad, Poor Dad was recommended by my uncle who is currently in Real Estate. This book influenced me by teaching me things I usually don't learn at school such as the importance of financial literacy. One of the biggest things I take into concideration is my need to work. I need to work because I need to learn, not because I need the money. No matter what, the money will come when you work... it's what I learn from work that keeps me going.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=rich+dad+poor+dad&x=0&y=0&sprefix=rich+dad+po

Media Impact

2009-10-11T21:56:00.000-07:00

My proposal of a media research project would be on how facebook/myspace affects student's grades. The way I would research this project would be using the random sampling method and choose a certain amount of students from each school in the bay area. I would test my hypothesis by asking each person how many hours they spend on facebook/myspace each day and then find out what their grades are for each quarter/semester. I would do the same for people who aren't on facebook/myspace and find out their grades as well. The results I predict are that facebook/myspace would interfere with people's grades and the people that aren't on facebook/myspace have higher grades than people who are always on these social networking sites.

Media Autobiography

2009-09-27T23:06:00.000-07:00

There are eight different types of mass media that we face in everyday life. These types of mass media are books, recordings, the radio, newspapers, magazines, television, the movies and the internet. Through out my life I have used many of these which have molded me to who I am now.

Books were very important in school so I was always learning from them everyday. Even though I was learning from books everyday, I passionately hated reading and sometimes I wondered how I got through school because I hated reading so much.

I listen to music all the time in the car which are recordings of mass media. Music impacted me by leaving messages and expressing emotions that changed how I thought about my every day life. I would listen to music on the radio a lot. You would also hear news on the radio and different special speakers at certain times of the day which many people would hear all at once; which I believe is one point to multi-points of communication. The only thing I questioned about the radio was if I had to really listen to these people talk because I didn't know if it was right or wrong information that I was taking in.

The newspapers and magazines are another source of mass media that give false information sometimes. Most of the time I would never read them because I hated to read. I would also only read the newspaper if something interested me on the front page, such as the "911" incident.

I believe television, the movies and the internet are what impacted me the most when growing up. I always watched television when I was little, grew up watching movies when I was a teen and was always on the internet because it was a necessity for everything we did at school and even during everything I did in life . I would research, pay bills, check schedules, buy necessities and even buy food. It saved a lot of my time and pulled a lot of stress off my shoulders. I use the internet everyday as a tool but at the same time I can use it as a distraction such as be on facebook all the time, looking at car parts I don't need and watching shows/movies online. All that can keep me back from studying and can even make me late for work.

I have two jobs right now, one as a bartender at a local restaurant and the other is a wedding photographer which I am pursuing as my career. Some of the best wedding photographers out there are great photojournalist such as Greg Gibson who worked for bush at the white house. He was part of many major newspapers and magazine companies. Through these jobs he has gained so much experience and skill and has applied them to wedding photography now. I wouldn't mind joining the New York Times or Times magazine just to gain the talent he was able to gain through these jobs and be able to apply it to my major/career in the future. After going to Las Vegas for his professional wedding photographer seminar, he was the one who inspired me and with the passion I have for photography, I believe that one day I will achieve a status like his.