1. It's sometimes hard to teach people about media, either because they don't understand what you're trying to say, or they don't want to understand it. I would like to know the most efficient way of getting through to people that it is better to be media literate than media illiterate.
2. Will media ever be regulated so the audience will know whether what they are watching/reading is the truth or not? It would be great to know if the media has a brighter future, and I feel like the only way to make sure this happens is if more people take classes like this one.
3. Lastly, and this question is almost impossible to answer, but how long will it take for corporations and any other advertiser trying to sell people things to realize that they are only making the world a worse place by not educating people on why they do the things they do?
Writing these questions makes me want to find the answers and use the information I've learned to educate people on the importance of media literacy.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Week 14 Responses
1. The corporation was a very informative view of the business world and had some interesting points in it that I hadn't known before. These included the facts that a corporation has most of the legal rights that a person would have, and that the greediness and pursuit of power of corporations is like that of a clinical psychopath.
2. Consuming Kids does a great job of exploiting the exploiters, the brand name corporations that realize children are the next generation of consumers and spend billions to advertise to them. It should be illegal to influence kids without them knowing what is happening to their lives.
3. Toxic Sludge is Good For You was a great way to expose the truth about what public relations firms really do. I learned that I shouldn't trust things that seem too good to be true without doing my own research on the topic first, because chances are a PR firm is behind it.
4. Disney is a beast that's only beautiful to the untrained eye (or brain). It's shocking that they own so many movie studios, TV channels, adventure parks, and countless other things that are legally protected and can influence children in countless ways they see fit.
5. Monsanto was brought up during many topics during the course of the class and not once did I hear a good thing about it. Just about every non organic food product available to consumers has some sort of connection with Monsanto, which goes back to how scary corporate power is.
6. The readings and short movie about how women are made out to be objects was disturbing to say the least, and although I have noticed this on TV and the internet my whole life, I learned some interesting new facts to go along with it.
7. The books we read were fun and educational at the same time. Feed was an easy read and keeps my brain out of the feed network indefinitely. Culture Jam and Ad Nauseam were great activist books with tons of revealing facts and information. They were all great.
8. The environmental art project was a good way to see how media effected everyone in the class a different way, and making my stick laptop has actually kept me from just browsing the internet from time to time.
9. The internet in general is also a big part of this class and was technically a good and bad thing. During my responses each week I would browse the internet and keep up with my facebook profile, but it can also be a tool to help educate others.
10. Educating others, last but not least, has been one of the main points of the class and I enjoy every opportunity I get to tell others about media rights and wrongs. I myself was educated a great deal during the course of this class and although I still go everywhere with an open mind, I remember that the media is out to influence me in one way or another, so I stay on guard.
2. Consuming Kids does a great job of exploiting the exploiters, the brand name corporations that realize children are the next generation of consumers and spend billions to advertise to them. It should be illegal to influence kids without them knowing what is happening to their lives.
3. Toxic Sludge is Good For You was a great way to expose the truth about what public relations firms really do. I learned that I shouldn't trust things that seem too good to be true without doing my own research on the topic first, because chances are a PR firm is behind it.
4. Disney is a beast that's only beautiful to the untrained eye (or brain). It's shocking that they own so many movie studios, TV channels, adventure parks, and countless other things that are legally protected and can influence children in countless ways they see fit.
5. Monsanto was brought up during many topics during the course of the class and not once did I hear a good thing about it. Just about every non organic food product available to consumers has some sort of connection with Monsanto, which goes back to how scary corporate power is.
6. The readings and short movie about how women are made out to be objects was disturbing to say the least, and although I have noticed this on TV and the internet my whole life, I learned some interesting new facts to go along with it.
7. The books we read were fun and educational at the same time. Feed was an easy read and keeps my brain out of the feed network indefinitely. Culture Jam and Ad Nauseam were great activist books with tons of revealing facts and information. They were all great.
8. The environmental art project was a good way to see how media effected everyone in the class a different way, and making my stick laptop has actually kept me from just browsing the internet from time to time.
9. The internet in general is also a big part of this class and was technically a good and bad thing. During my responses each week I would browse the internet and keep up with my facebook profile, but it can also be a tool to help educate others.
10. Educating others, last but not least, has been one of the main points of the class and I enjoy every opportunity I get to tell others about media rights and wrongs. I myself was educated a great deal during the course of this class and although I still go everywhere with an open mind, I remember that the media is out to influence me in one way or another, so I stay on guard.
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