LAST POST!!!

Yippee!! It's the last week of regular classes and this is the last post to this blog. I can't wait to go back home and in addition can't wait for summer time! I knew this blog was the last one ever so I figured I would just show my excitement for leaving Durango forever!!! I hope I don't offend anyone with saying that but this is definitely not the place for me. So PEACE OUT FORT LEWIS!!!!

Week Post #12

Whew, finally got the project presentation out of the way. I enjoyed presenting my topic to the class but in addition, I also enjoyed some of my classmates presentations as well. One that stuck in my mind was Jake's power point on credit cards. The information and statistics he provided to prove his point opened my eyes widely to the scary futures credit cards may hold for someone. I was newly enlightened with figures that I had never know before. I think Jake did a great job! Also, I must say that I enjoyed the whole presentation on Buffy on Monday. I apologize, I do not remember the name of the young lady who presented it, but I do remember interesting facts about that show that sparked my attention. It's cool to look at specific television shows through someone else's eyes and view their themes and ideas about that show. I am not familiar with Buffy but after her presentation I felt more intelligent about "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" than I was before class started. Overall, I look forward to watching more presentations and adding more information to my brain that I didn't already know about certain media topics.

Week Post #11

Hey there everyone, just wanted to update everybody on my progress on my final media literacy project presentation. My subject I chose to research is the effects "The Hollywood Image" of our famous celebrities have on young teenage girls. I am specifically focusing on the facial image of young Hollywood stars and how pictures of such ladies look in comparison to the average women in our normal societies today. The use of publisher's photo shopping, the intense layers of makeup used, and the amount of money spent on hair extensions and "Botox" injection are all themes and characteristics I plan to touch on in my presentation. It is very interesting to see what a young teenage high school girl might think when she sees her famous Hollywood idol and how much unrealistic dedication she might have to look as close to that idol as possible. Exciting, I know, so I surely can't wait to share my finding and new knowledge on this detrimental, and empathetic, subject to myself I might say with you all!

Week Post#10

I ran across this billboard advertisement while doing research for my final presentation project and loved the initial message it is sending. MY project is all about teenage girl's body image so when I saw this picture I immediately connected it to my research. This Dove ad brings confidence to women of any age and body type and I enjoyed how it makes one feel better inside. I think there should be more advertisements just like this one these days to portray the idea that everyone is beautiful in their own personal way, inside and out.

Verizon Icon

Are you in? Well, unfortunately I am. I'm sure many more of you out there also have Verizon Wireless as your cell phone service and I'm also sure that almost 100% of you will agree that Verizon sucks. This icon deconstruction represents how Verizon works, or actually, how it doesn't work. You can see that in "V" and the "Z" there are spaces, or brakes, just like that are in Verizon's service. In addition, the "R" that has slid down off the fonts original plain represents how calls frequently fade in and out. This idea or problem is also shown with the top corner of the "N", expressing loss of connection as well. Lastly, the final layer made for this icon is the red check mark symbol above the letters. Normally, it would be just simply straight, and unharmed, but I felt the need to disturb it's perfection since Verizon Wireless' phones themselves never contain the consistency of lastly a decent amount of time. Wouldn't you agree?

Week Post #9

"Photoshopping?" How do you feel about it? After we learned about how to use it in class this past week, now we can plainly see how easy it is to skew anything and everything in the media today. Next time you see a new advertisement or are introduced to a new "better" product, examine it's true purpose and maybe think or wonder what it's original icon was. Below is a wonderful and interesting article regarding "photoshop" and what it does to our eyes as the unfamiliar audience. It's definitely worth reading! And it might even help each and every one of you with your "photoshop" project.

"FROM NOW ON":

http://fno.org/dec06/photoshopping.html

Week Post #8

Just recently President Obama was forced to propose his opinion about gay couples and theirs rights:

"As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama said he would “fight hard” for the rights of gay couples. As a senator, he sponsored legislation that would have provided health benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees." -NY Times

(To view full story click on link below)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/us/politics/13benefits.html?_r=3&hp

This surprised me when I read this, not because of him supporting it, but because just thinking back even four years ago a subject as controversial as gay’s rights. It surprising how far we have come as a nation and much we have evolved together to accept everyone no matter what preference they have to gender attraction. Stories such as this, and people such as our own President, support intense social issues like the above just gives a deeper hope to our future in being comfortable with every type of person, black, white, gay, or straight. Just another push for our media!!