Suffering
Today we talked an awful lot about suffering and the point came up that the images which we have seen prior to this morning may have captured that emotion incredibly but we often find ourselves not...
View ArticleKony 2012
Last year I witnessed twitter blow up about Joseph Kony and I was surprised to see how many people were talking about it. This tragedy has been going on for a really long time and had been portrayed...
View ArticleWhat makes the great GREAT?
What is it that truly elevates films, commercials, tweets, pictures, or a memes from ordinary to great? Sure it helps if you’ve already released award winning movies, or you have already reached...
View ArticleThe Problem With Police
We watched a film in class one day about a kid from New York City who recorded a very unpleasant interaction with police officers who were randomly stopping and searching suspicious looking...
View ArticleBeing white
We watched a video of Loius called Being White in class yesterday that had us all cracking up. What was so funny about the video was the fact that everything he brought up was very true. Throughout...
View ArticleLearning From Media
With this being a media class we have spent a great deal of time discussing what we believe media to be and how it operates. For a general consensus we can assume that media is a connection of...
View ArticleTragedies
We, as a country, seem to have been falling victim to a fair deal of tragic acts of violence against innocent individuals as of late. From the July shooting at the midnight premier of The Dark Knight...
View ArticleSocial Change
Over the course of this semester we have discussed what media is and the effect of it on not just individuals but societies as a while. Before taking this class I hadn’t really thought all that much...
View ArticleSocial Issue
Fights for civil rights have proven to be of the utmost importance in our country ever since we fought for our freedom against the British. In that time we have come a long way, African Americans were...
View ArticleThe Yes Men
I don’t know about any of you but ever since I was a little kid I’ve dreamed of changing the world, to make it a better place. Though how could I accomplish such a demanding goal? I found the Yes Men...
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