my favorite TV shows

One of my favorite TV shows is South Park. On the most basic level of the literacy ladder it is seen as a comedic cartoon that revolves around the lives of four 4th graders. Some of the things they say are immature, degrading, or even racist. People who watch the show for just these reasons don't have a strong understanding for what the show is actually about. On the next level we see that it is definitely low budget but receives strong ratings. The show has been on TV for many seasons despite their profanity. On the highest level you start to understand that each episode has a deeper meaning than the events displayed. Most of the characters in South Park are supposed to represent the American population as a whole, as naive. The people of South Park are not media literate. But the four main characters are and they understand politics, religion, and many other common themes of the show. You also see that even though there is political and religious satire they don't do it to be malicious, they do it to test the media boundaries.

Learning Ladders

I read about Leearning Ladders on the text book.　There are steps that allow us to improve our degree of media literacy based on four areas: cognitive, emotions, morality, and aesthetics. The emotional ladder caught my attention first because it discusses how ones emotions control them in the lowest level of development. Climbing the ladder to a higher level, people can use the media to shape their emotions. I also liked the part about the moral ladder. Opinion is a powerful force, but this ladder explains that at the highest level you look past individual characters in order to look at the overall narrative meaning.

Behavior

I found it interesting to think about my own behaviors corresponding to my beliefs. If you believe and preach about something you must take action for it as well. Since learning more about the media the past couple years I definitely do not watch as much television as I used to. Also after watching "Outfoxed" last year for 229 I stopped watching anything on Fox. Now that I think of it though, I let the media influence me not to watch Fox as well...

Movie

One of my favorite films is the Godfather part II. When talking about the learning ladders in regards to this film, I am well aware of what this film is trying to express. I have a cognitive sense for how this film is structured so it is able to have more structural meaning to me. On an emotional level, I can feel myself connected with the main characters in the film, and it makes me feel like I am a part of what is going on. I guess I have an emotional attachment to the main characters. As far as the aesthetic appreciation ladder, I appreciate the visual presentation of the film. I like this film, but I think I am able to say why I like this film. I like it because it relates to my Italian culture, so it is very relatable to me.

Studying about media.

I think that by expanding my knowledge in terms of media, I will be able to make better decisions on the type of media I want to spend time with. I should probably try to access my media through a more variety of outlets. I may discover that I like these new media outlets better than the ones I am exposed to now. I usually attach myself to the things that I like, and I think that by trying new things, I may discover better solutions for my media exposure. I think I may try to read the newspaper more. I never have liked it before, but I think it may be a good idea to try and expand my mind to this type of media source.

Exposure States

I read about Exposure States, this is interesting. The fact that there are four different types of ways a person can be exposed to media messages is fascinating to me. Whether messages are filtered in through automatic state, attentional state, transported state, or self-reflexive state, each exposure is unique. I liked reading about how in the automatic state, people are exposed to messages but they are unaware that these messages are being filtered in. I still wonder how this works and it is interesting to know I have or I follow this exposure in my own life. I really liked the transported state because I know for a fact I have been exposed to media messages this way before. For example, I love going to the movies, and many times what is happening on the screen pulls me in and I lose myself in the action. I have “entered” the message. The way our mind and body work in relation to exposure to media messages is truly eye-opening. There is definitely much more happening inside our heads than we realize, and it is actually exciting to learn about.

Recognizing that media is not the sole cause of social changes, what cultural changes can you attribute, in part, to mediated violence?

I was asked this question on the Japanese TV show. With violence constantly being displayed on television, people may think that "lesser" types of violence are "ok" to committ. People are desensitized to the violence they are seeing, so they may be more inclined to commit acts of violence. I think that violence may also be comitted because of the confidence in the economy. People are losing faith in our economic system, so this may result in people doing acts of violence, like armed robberies, bank robberies, purse snatching, or other acts of cruelty.

I read the magazine of editor

I thought that Editor, cote really took care of the music and sound for programs after reading her interview. When I am editing the program, the choosing music and sound is difficult for me. I think that music pacing is also controlling the program pacing, so music pacing must be adjust to the program pacing. She said that cuts are helped with sound. I really agree with her. Last semester, I made the program just by music and sound. However that was really difficult, because the image have to be just fit to the music and sound. I cut image finely to fit to the music, so it took a long time to finish. I made graduation video this semester, and I used music and sound for the opening movie. I also really took care of the image to fit to the music. When I started to the editing, I still troubled that which music I should use. Music was not in my plan. So I used image and movie to fit to the music. I thought that I should use both for balance. I also want to work and cut the movie as editor in the future. She also had a lot of connection for getting job, so I also want to regard the connection as important.

What are the implications for female athletes of the money cycle in sports?

Female athletes are definitely looked at differently than male athletes, especially in the money cycle. We look at sports like football and baseball and see that they are male dominated, in both players and fans. The WNBA has grown to be a powerful commodity for female athletes; however, they do not get paid at all what male NBA players get paid. We see female athletes in tennis, volleyball, soccer, etc., but none of these sports are big money makers or have the viewer-ship that football or baseball does. The fact is many female athletes are looked at for their attractiveness much more over their abilities. Let us take tennis player Anna Kournikova, a very attractive athlete whose fame and money stemmed from her magazine layouts, like in Maxim and Sports Illustrated, and endorsements, but not as much from her talent. Danica Patrick is a very good race car driver, but she is known more for having a pretty face. Unfortunately, female athletes will never see the pay male athletes see.

Why are mostly male sports covered and aired on television and radio?

Male sports are covered because that is what gets the ratings. Women's basketball is aired on ESPN throughout the summer, but few people watch. However, a single NBA game is watched by millions of viewers. Sports serve as a source of enjoyment. When you are able to watch your team go out and compete every Sunday, you have a sense of pride when they win. When your team wins the championship, you feel like you have won the championship. Again, as bad as it sounds, women athletes don't produce the same product that male athletes do.

Does the “type” of violence (e.g., cartoon, sport, realistic) make a difference in the impact it has on the viewer?

The type of violence (sport, cartoon, realistic..) definitely makes a difference on the impact of the viewer. These categories all have different audiences and different age groups. Cartoons make it seem that there is lacking of consequences for violence. Children watching these programs will see that the violence is funny and think that there is no harm in acting this way. When there is extreme violence in sports consequences are usually shown, such as the violent team getting penalties or an individual getting thrown out of a game completely. Audiences who watch realistic violence over long periods of time will be less sensitive to what they see. This makes violence seem normal in television, movies, and even everyday life.

Think about BSC students. Are they all identical? Or are there segments—several different groups of students that are clearly identifiable by how the

At BSU, the four groups that I have chosen to identify are "The Couch Kids," a group of kids who hang out at the RCC couches. They are there all day long playing games with each other and hanging out. "Athletics" - Before this year, I never realized there was a close knit group over at the gym. There are so many kids who major in Physical Education and Athletic Training. I'm taking three classes in that department this semester and there seems to be all of the same kids and they seem to all know each other. "Minorities" - Here at BSU, not all minorities conform, but with certain student groups on campus, it allows them to become close knit and hang out more. The final group: "The Older People" - BSU is a school that plenty of older people return to and try and get their degree. I have a friend who is now in the same class as her mom.

A) "The Couch Kids" - I think they would be torn on books and film. There are plenty of genres of books that appeal to them that match their appeal in movies.

"Athletics" - For sure would prefer film.

"Minorities" - I think that they would prefer film over books.

"The Older People" - Books.

B) "The Couch Kids" - From what I've witnessed, they would be into Pokemon-type shows; ones that are based on card games.

"Athletics" - These kids watch ESPN and all the games on Sunday.

"Minorities" - Anything on MTV

"The Older People" - HGTV

C) "The Couch Kids" - The talk-show comedies.

"Athletics" - Music, popular songs.

"Minorities" Music, popular songs as well.

"The Older People" - NPR mixed with other talk shows.

D) "Couch Kids" - Video game guides

"Athletics" - Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine

"Minorities" - People, US Weekly

"The Older People" - Reader's Digest

E) "The Couch Kids" - Heavy Rock Metal bands

"Athletics" - Lady GaGa, Jason DeRulo

"Minorities" - Jay-Z, other popular Kiss 108 Music

"The Older People" - Their generation music, 70's & 80's/

F) As for other media, almost everyone is on Facebook. Even "The Older People" are now joining Facebook and check it often. They aren't all on Twitter yet, but its something that could possibly happen.

piracy

I think that piracy is abused all the time, and it is almost impossible to know every time you are doing it. I think there are to many lawsuits concerning piracy. I realize that people have rights to certain parts of the media, but we can't avoid piracy completely. I do believe that piracy is bad for the economy. For example, the downloading of mp3's on the internet has basically shut down CD sales. Music stores have seen a rapid decline in sales due to people downloading free music online. This is true with films as well. I have seen a number of movie stores going out of business. I never see Blockbusters anymore, and hollywood video has also been in a steady decline. Piracy is definitely bad for the economy, but in most cases, it is hard to avoid completely.

What Can We Do To Protect Our Privacy

I went to the different websites that it told me to and searched for myself. They were able to match me right away. Though my age was off, they had my MySpace account I haven’t used in six years, they had links to The Comment, BSU’s student-run newspaper, to articles that I wrote. They had my parents names and my brothers name listed right on the page. My hometown, along with a censored version of my address was there. It also made me realize that I should be more careful in what I post online. Once it goes on the Internet, it’s there forever.

what do you think is going to happen to copyright law in our technological-based future?

I think that in order to move on with stricter copyright laws they must first define the differences of what is piracy and what isn't. After these are determined they can then make stricter laws. I think that is will be hard to enforce whatever they come up with because of developing technology all the time. Just as Limewire has been outlawed more free music sites will pop up. Just as it said in the book if restrictions are put on CD's and DVD's to make them only able to play on DVD players and CD players it will be a disadvantage for the average consumer but pirateers will soon enough find a way to break through the codes. So how successful it will be is unkown.

Kei

I searched for information about myself on the websites it told us to do so such as 123people.com and peekyou.com. I found that there is so much information up there that I have never even posted. It knew all my family members, address, phone number, age, and all my social networking site pages. Some information was wrong of course but it was really eye opening to see just how much access people have to each other on the internet.

Protecting Children From Unfair Advertising Practices.

I never knew that there were restrictions on the amount of commercials that could play during children's programming. It made sense that there would be restrictions on what couldn't be played, but it never dawned on me that a certain limit would be set. Another thing I found interesting was that it didn't stop certain companies. Viacom was cited for 600 violations and fined $1 million. I was astounded that the company, even though they blamed it on human error, would continue to try and break the rules.

text

I read text book about media.

"Cross-Ownership and Control" was the most interesting. I had heard of separate companies merging together to combine profit, but I did not know there were three different trends toward concentration. A horizontal merger, a vertical merger, and a conglomerate merger all deal with one media company joining together or buying out other media companies. I personally liked reading about the mega-mergers, which dealt with a lot of money and big name companies coming together. For example, Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a small railroad air brakes manufacturer that bought out CBS, a major television network. Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting completed a merger in 1995 and Disney acquired Marvel comics in 2009. All of these mergers were worth billions of dollars, which is unbelievable, but very interesting to read about.

Concept of media effects.

http://www.oak.dti.ne.jp/~xkana/psycho/social/social_17/index.html

There are several opinions about media effects or not on the site.
Keiichi Saito said　that Media do not affect young children. Recently, people said that the number of the crime of the child are increasing because of media suich as video games. However, Keiichi Saito disagreed with this opinion because when he searched about the children who did the crime played video game or not. After survey, he can not say video game affect their crime.
This is difficult question. I think media affect young children. However, people start think that bad effects for children are from media. However, this is also media's responsibility. Media should gain support of people.

localism

I think it is important for our culture to have a sense of sharing power and opinions within our institutions. We all need to feel we can contribute to a big change in our culture. We also feel the need to be a local part of media as well. We like to contribute to the sharing and well being of local media outlets. This is why there are regular people who call in to talk shows, because we can play a role in the media by being audience members. The FCC tries to take out the idea of localism because they regulate what we can and cannot say on radio and television. They block out certain inappropriate words on public TV and public radio. The FCC I feel has softened up a bit over the years, because words that were once illegal on radio and television, are now legal as I've observed.