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Journalism 2

In the past quarter I have learned many new things of journalism. Although I already had a understanding of just how manipulating media can be, this class showed specific ways in which it is. It also gave me a clear understanding of the fist amendment and to what degree it protects citizens which is largely misconstrued by media itself.

Miss Representation

This video is a trailer for the documentary Miss Representation. The documentary focuses on how much media affects our view of women. It reveals that the domestic view of women, the inferiority and hyper -sexualization all has comes from medias output.

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The Fappening Privacy Case

Earlier this year a huge controversy occurred when a hacker invaded the privacy of hundreds of celebrities by leaking explicit pictures taken from their phones, online. These pictures quickly made their way to Google and although the tech giant was threatened to be sued by a multitude of people if the pictures were not taken down in time, they kept them up. This became a legal case due to the fact that the company knowingly kept up illegally obtained material.

Further Info on The Fappening

Annotated Bibliography

Lacasse, J . 2009 "Consumer advertising of psychiatric medications biases the public against nonpharmacological treatment." American psychological journal 5(2):1-11. Retrieved from Ebsco on Nov 16, 2014

       -This academic journal focuses on how the advertisements for antidepressants drugs are approved by the FDA, yet often misinform people. These ads make generalizations that mislead the consumers into what type of medication they are inferring about and how it works.

Bell, Taylor L. 2011 "Third-person effects and direct-to-consumer advertisements for antidepressants." Depression and anxiety 28(2):160-35165. Retrieved from Ebsco on Nov 16, 2014

      -This is a study on how antidepressants advertisements affect those who have depression and seek help. It focuses on how these people believe the advertisements affect them. The results are as expected, the depressed people believe that these advertisements have less of an effect then they actually do.

Smith, Brad . 2013 "Inappropriate prescribing.." Journal of clinical pharmacy & therapeutics38(25):370-382. Retrieved from Ebsco on Nov 16, 2014
      -This article focuses on how direct to consumer advertising directly contributes to the over-prescribing and mis-prescribing of antidepressants. It takes a history of how it began with Prozac, which due to its lessening side effects created an ideal drug that was sought out by many. It goes on to speak on the history of such things further revealing the troubled history of these medicines.

Propaganda Techniques

1.Beautiful People-This add uses the celebrity Adam Levine smiling in order to persuade the consumer into believing that not only will they be just like this celebrity, but that they will also be happy and beautiful.

2.Intentional Vagueness- This add doesn't actually say how its taking care of your skin, but simply that is it is doing so fantastically.

1.  Demonizing the Opponent- This ad doesn't even address the actual product its selling it only tells the audience that the enemy (PC) is a bad and not worth the persons time.

2. Repetition- This add heavily reinforces the belief that PC has had consistent problems by actually repeating the scene multiple times in a thirty second ad.

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Research Topics

How does TV serve "They"?
A recent discovery I made which is incredibly interesting to me is how and who advertising laws serve "they". This became of interest to me when  I found out that only in New Zealand and the USA is it allowed for pharmaceuticals to be advertised. This should come as shocking to most people as medication for depression and other illnesses have no place on TV, as patients have no business suggesting to their doctors what medications they want to take because they saw a fancy advertisement for it.

Gaming is the New Media
Video games have come a long way from an individual experience at home. By incorporating the internet and social media, gaming has now become a dominant force in media. It has even given rise to a new form of celebrities through star gamers. These people play in competitions and stream their experiences in games becoming icons and inspiration for other gamers. This new form of media is definitely one to look out for.

Movies

My favorite movie of the year was X-men Days: of Future Past. This movie was amazing due to the incredible effects and CGI used. Due to theater viewing the action sequences in the movie encapsulated my attention. I am a huge fan of the X-men empire and well the movies produced roughly ten to fifteen years ago were great, the advancement in CGI and other film effects has undoubtedly increased the quality of movies capable of being made.

X-men Trailer

My favorite movie of all time would be Pulp Fiction. I watched it a few years ago as a recommendation form my brother. Its non-linear plot, interwoven stories and masterful shooting by Tarantino creates an eerily real depiction of gritty crime driven lives.

Pulp Fiction Trailer

Magazine

Name of magazine: Cinephilia Monthly

Concept: The magazine is about all things films, from their inception to post production. There is not really another magazine in circulation that does the same thing.

Readers: Film students, cinephiles and movie enthusiasts alike will enjoy this magazine. The age can range widely as with ethnicity. I feel it will be skewed towards males who are upper middle or upper class.

Advertisers: Film Schools, Camera Companies, Mens Fashion, Production Companies, Luxury Car  Companies, Video-game Companies, Computer Companies

Books with Meaning

On a Pale Horse: I chose to read this book my freshman year of high school; chosen purely by the name I was not expecting to enjoy the read. However, this well written book served as a testament to inevitability of death through the story of a suicidal photographer taking on the role of Death. This book allowed me the realization that a novel transcends beyond words on paper, that those words can teach you lessons in morality and character.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Horse-Incarnations-Immortality-Bk/dp/0345338588/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413178948&sr=1-1&keywords=on+a+pale+horse

The Catcher in the Rye: A fan favorite, this book is not only influential to me, but highly controversial. Due to its "perverse" sexual exploits, language, and moral issues this book is one the most commonly banned. The influence this book has on me is the realization that theres a part in every person that wants to avoid growing into an adult and remain an innocent child free of responsibility, but no matter how hard one tries everyone at some point, must take a jump off that cliff.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769487/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413178995&sr=1-1&keywords=the+catcher+in+the+rye

Fahrenheit 451: Again a book from my freshman year, this book turned me on to dystopian novels and theories that explore the subject of an over-centralized government; a niche subject that still interests me today. This highly controversial book tells a story of a dystopian future where books are burned by the government in order to keep the masses mindlessly obedient. Influential to me, in understanding the importance of books in society and the strength of ones own government, this book on censorship has itself been subject to high amounts of such for its vulgarity of religion, truths of censorship and warnings of government.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Novel-Ray-Bradbury/dp/1451673310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413180708&sr=1-1&keywords=fahrenheit+451

Jour 2 Media Autobiography

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