May 2008
3 posts
Understanding Web 2.0
We live in a society where the web 2.0 generation like ourselves gradually keeps moving up. We have been caught up in the internet since a young age and have witnessed significant changes over the past few yeas that we probably would not have imagined when we first started out with the computer. Where anyone at all can get their media out there on youtube, blogs, among several other sites, we...
Looking Critically
We learned a lot about how we, as media consumers, should be looking more actively at the media around us. Now that I understand the ideas behind encoding messages, I’ve been looking at the media around me with a more critical eye, especially the news both on TV and on the web. We also talked about how unintentional messages can also be sent depending on several aspects of the production...
Owning the Message
Following up our discussions about Marxism and those who own the means to produce own the message as well, we now have endless options in front of us with the web to get our own message out there. I really enjoyed our work in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash - Adobe Pro apps I have not had much experience with. From our magazine designs to the appropriations, it reinforced the idea of how easy...
April 2008
6 posts
Glamour
Glamour is often associated with the images advertising uses to fill our desires. Glamour is the state we see and envy in advertising, such as that perfect bodied model, the latest fashion trend, or even that new car we see swerving around the mountainside in the commercials. Glamour is a state we see and aspire to become a part of, one key factor in a successful ad campaign. In the movie...
The Brick
holding up a grille or other objects throwing at Harry & Marv in Home Alone 2 walkways patios fireplaces
March 2008
2 posts
February 2008
9 posts
BBC Documentary - "The Century of the Self"
This documentary talks about the roots of Freud’s study of psychoanalysis. It deals with the effect the media has on us and the ability it has to tap into our unconscious desires. The classic example of the press using photographs of women smoking in public to challenge male authority, started a revolutionary movement, all because of the power of an image. Edward Berne’s idea of...
