Friday, May 27, 2011

Growing Up Online Response

 Please comment on thoughts and reactions to the PBS documentary: Growing Up Online.
 Some questions to think about.....
Is internet the new Wild Wild West? Should teachers be entertainers?  How "informed" are your parent?
Has the internet created the greatest generational gap?
Talk about some of the characters, Ryan, Autumn, etc.

Responses should be thoughtful and  well-constructed. Please make sure all sentences are complete and capitalize when necessary.






Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bollywood; Idia





Bollywood is the term used for the hindi-language based film industry based in Mumbai, India. Bollywood is by far the largest film producer in India and one of the largest film industry in the world. The 1940's to the 1960's were considered the golden age of Hindi cinema as some of the most critically aclaimed Hindi films were produced during this time. The 2000's saw a growth of Hindi movie popularity around the world which led the industries film making to new heights in all aspects. Also in the 2000's Bollywood began to influence music films in the Western world and played a significant role in the revival of the American musical film genre. A couple popular shows and movies include Khichidi(tv show),Bachke Rehnaa(game show) and My Name is Khan(movie).









Famous celebrities:
Shahrukh Khan


Sunday, May 22, 2011

Media in Italy


Italy is in many ways very similar to the U.S, we have many of the same television shows and cars. Some wealthy Americans purchase Italian vehicle's such as Ferrari, Ducati, Maserati, Lamborhini and some women wear Armani,Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, and Prada.

In 2007 Amanda Knox an American citizen was accused of the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia Italy, in 2009 she was proven guilty and sentenced with 26 years in prison.


Popular shows
- Vivere
- House

Celebrities
-Valeria Mazza
-Claudia Pandolfi

popular websites
-The telegraph
-la rebubblica

Friday, May 20, 2011

Armenian Media

Armenian media mostly comes from the radio and by going online. However, there are only four t.v. stations so most use the radio. Another form of media is newspapers. Some of these newspapers are Aravot, AZG, and Hayots Ashkhar. From its inception in 1991, the law has treated the print media as separate from the broadcast media. The internet and information technology have only begun to appear in the beginning of the twenty-first century. Some famous celebrities are Kim Kardashian, Adrienne Barbeau and Ken Davitian who starred in Borat.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Media in England

The X Factor
Britain's Got Talent

Google UK
Facebook

David Beckham
Julie Andrews
Jude Law

The culture in England is very similar to the culture in America. Some of the media television shows are knock offs of shows in America. Some popular shows in England are "The X Factor", "Britain's Got Talent", and "EastEnders". The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent are talent shows, much like American Idol and other shows in America. EastEnders is a soap opera, which are popular in America. Some popular websites in England include BBC online, Google UK, and Facebook. Some of these websites are just like websites in America, other than BBC online. Some famous celebrities from England include David Beckham, Julie Andrews, and Jude Law.


Canadian Media


Although Canada may not be the most popular country in the world, it is well known for its own little world in media, where it has produced many Canadian shows and movies such as Degrassi, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan and much more, many of which are famouse, even here in America. It is also well known for its many famous actors featured in many of its Canadian media productions such as Drake, Justin Bieber, and Michael J Fox.

Canada, located just North of the United States is a rather large country, filled with some of the most well known cities in the world such as Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, many of which are homes of some of the biggest Media production Companies in the country. Toronto for one is home to the headquarters of MuchMusic, a music and television Channel owned by Bell Media, it is pretty much the Canadian version of MTV, where you can find many Canadian music Groups such as Billy Talent and The Skulls. Toronto is also home to CTV, a Television station working all through out the region for viewers bringing them many of the same shows you would see here in America, after all, Canadian Media is very similar to American Media. Despite these major three Canadian cities being the biggest film making cities in the country, many of the actors from there go to work in hollywood, thats one flaw for the Canadian Filmmaking industry. There are many flaws to the Canadian Filmmaking industry, aside from actors going to hollywood, a major flaw is the fact that the United States and Canada's Movie industries directly compete, and often, American films can appear more appealing to the viewers, this is the main difference between the American and Canadian Media. But overall the main importance to Canadian media and production is that it is very similar to the Media here in America and pretty much the same cultural trends, only sometimes in french, with all the music, famous actors, TV shows, and advertisement that are now part of our everyday life, only up North too!

Shelbo, Netherlands.

The Netherlands use of Media is in a practice called pillarisation which is when a country's various religions and social groups all organize their own institutions, with financial help from the Government. All of this institutions include their broadcasting. The system of pillarisation had collapsed in the 1970's, but most of the broadcasting associations stayed at large and remained active. Most associations have several tens of thousands of members, they distribute their broadcasting time on the public channels in portion to their size of their memberships. Each of the broadcasting associations share three national T.V. channels (Nederland 1, Nederland 2, Nederland 3) and five radio channels (Radio 1, Radio 2, 3FM, Radio 4, Radio 5). Each of the channels have their own type of media. Nederland 1 is made for news, sport, and family programming, Nederland 2 towards culture, arts, politics, and religion, while Nederland 3 concentrates on youth and progressive programming.

Celebrities of Netherlands

Netherlands News Online

Popular TV for Teens

Globalization of Media

Media is a global phenomena, popular shows, sites, and celebrities vary depending on culture and country. For this assignment, you will pick a country of your choice to research.
In a blog form you will present a "mini-report" about the country and current media trends.

In your post include:

* Links to popular shows
* Links to popular websites
* Links to known celebrities
* Pictures of the country of choice.

What are some trends you notice within the culture? How is it similar to America's media? How is it different?

This assignment will be Due on Monday, May 23rd in class.



Shelby: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Brian: USA
Mohammed: India
Anthony: England
Ahmad: Canada
 Mike: Greece
Arielle: Italy
Chris: Armenia
Cathlyn: Spain






Thursday, May 12, 2011

The Ad says "A Guinness A Day" alluding to the common saying "an apple a day will keep the doctor away". The ad also says Guinness is good for you which Im going to have to disagree with as any form of alchol is not infact good for you.

Heineken Game Day

This alcohol company is promoting their alcohol by video games. They're showing that you can drink and play games at the same time, maybe make the game experience a little more enjoyable. Kid's who play games and see this photo might find drinking cool like the games they play, and try it them selves.
They advertise it by making it seem like its cool to drink dos equis because "the most interesting man in the world" drinks it.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Cigarette Commercial


In this video they are promoting smoking by Volley Ball players. They're having an intense game, while telling you to smoke these type of cigarettes.

cigarette ads

This video shows all the commercial's from 1960 to 1964. It has commercial's from NEWPORT cigarettes and from KENT cigarettes.
http://youtu.be/uyCl3BdlICY.

This video is a tobacco advertisement trying to promote tobacco by making it seem ''cool'' to smoke because the cowboy in the video smokes. yet is really not but Marlboro is making viewers think that anyway

Cigarette commercial:Doctors smoke Camels



The way that people are selling their cigarette products are by using doctors as examples. The cigarette commercial is showing a doctor smoking a cigarette so people will think "oh he's a doctor, he knows what's good for my health." This is basically an influence on people thinking that smoking is good for them and if doctors smoke it then it must be good for your health.

Flinstones Cigarette Ad



This is an advertisement for Winston cigarettes. The type of technique that this company used at the time was using the Flinstones. At this time, the Flinstones were very popular. By using the Flinstones as advertising, people will subconsciously buy these cigarettes. Also, the company uses humor to sell their product.

Olympic Swim Star Sells Camel Cigarettes video

. c Camel cigarettes are selling a milder cigarette that does not cause throat irritation, and it's being smoked my an olympic swim star then it must be healthy.
http://youtu.be/5AfCVH4qgjY
They used a little bit of comedy in the advertisement
and made their brand of cigarettes seem better than
the other type of cigarettes he was using.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011


This Ad shows that smoking in the old days was viewed publicly as fine and that since physicians smoked then for some reason it made it ok for us all to smoke. when in fact i've realized these advertisements often don't make sense and is geared towards stupid people. a.k.a the mainstream public

Marlboro


Marlboro cigarettes company uses the slogan "Come to where to the flavor is, Marlboro Country" to convey the message that smoking Marlboro cigarettes will transport you to "Marlboro Country" or that all working class Western American's smoke Marlboro cigarettes

People were dragged into smoking by using nice advertisements like having nice pictures that would amuse the watcher or reader that was seeing these smoking ads. People also had thought that if you smoked than you would be healthy all your life or that you would be able to get anything you wanted in your life. These people didn't know that they were the one's that were going to have to pay for they're own mistakes.

Tobacco Ad

This is a typical vintage tobacco advertisement from long ago. Some of the techniques used in this advertisement to make people want to buy the product is the false assurance of a doctor, making people think that just because many of them might smoke it, that its okay and others may smoke it, however its not, and its still bad.
www.wellmedicated.com

Zig-Zag is a tobacco company who makes rolling papers for people who like to roll their own Cigarettes. In this picture they are showing two kids who are "happy" receiving and giving rolling papers. They try to use two happy kids to promote selling these papers, make it look like you'll be happy when you buy your self a pack of them.

Cigarette Ad with Ronald Reagan

A technique used to sell this ad was that they put Ronald Reagan in their ad. At that time he wasn't president but he was a famous t.v. and movie star and because of this more people bought and smoked cigarettes. The ad is basically saying that since this famous person is smoking you can all do it to.
This is a tobacco advertisement for the cigarette company Camel. This advertisement uses a couple of techniques in order to attempt to sell their product. One of these techniques that Camel uses is humor. The poster has a camel smoking a cigarette which some people may find funny. Another technique that the company uses is making smoking seem cool. In the poster, the camel is smoking, and he looks cool, and has a cool car.

Tobacco Ad

In the 1930's Tobacco was sold to both men and woman. Tobacco companies used advertisements to draw and get people to buy their products. For example they used slogans such as, "this will make you feel amazing". In this particular ad, the tobacco company used a woman and said that if woman smoke their products, they will be guaranteed that they will be in shape and slender.