Media of Thailand

The articles written by James B. Twitchell and Steve Craig are focused on the modern day use of advertising. Despite the fact that both authors discuss this same topic, they each have a different approach, and each address a specific characteristic of advertising. Twitchell focuses on the stereotypical categories of society used to manipulate advertising; while Craig focuses on the manipulation of gender identities in advertising. Although the categories discussed by Twitchell do exist in…

to believe that our donations or signature made a difference, maybe even eliciting a happy mental response with a little release of serotonin. However, slacktivism is “the practice of supporting a political or social cause by means such as social media or online petitions, characterized as involving minimal effort or commitment” (Oxford Dictionary). Slacktivists, like those in Flight Behavior, draw to attention pertinent and concerning issues to a broader audience, but it raises the question…

Courtney McTaggart Annotated Bibliography COMM 455 Carmen, Rachael, Guitar, Amanda, and Dillon, Haley. (2012). Ultimate Answers to Proximate Questions: The Evolutionary Motivations behind Tattoos, and Body Piercings in Popular Culture. Retrieved from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232565700_Ultimate_Answers_to_Proximate_Questions_The_Evolutionary_Motivations_Behind_Tattoos_and_Body_Piercings_in_Popular_Culture This article is about piercings in popular culture. It states that this…

“Gene Ammons: 'The Jug'.” NPR, NPR, 20 Feb. 2008, www.npr.org/2008/02/20/ 19172123 /gene-ammons-the-jug. Web. 6 Nov. 2017. This piece of writing is about Gene “The Jug” Ammons, another remarkable musician from Chicago. Ammons would learn his trade from both his parents, high band teacher, and others. Ammons like other various musicians, would be set back by his drug arrest and convictions. A two year prison sentence followed by a seven year stint in prison. Although, he would follow up these…

The Real, the Bad, and the Ugly by Cassie Heidecker is an interesting example of analyzing the reality TV epidemic and in addition to the people that view it. The author starts out by listing things that go into a reality TV production and things that happen in real life in order to state that these are two different things despite the idea that reality TV is supposed to be “real”. The mundanity of real life is emphasised here vs. the idea that reality TV is scripted and has a lot of extra work…

In today’s world there are many different types of societies, all based on where you are living at the moment. Here in the United States the society changes as the time progresses. As things tend to change with the culture of the country. The United States is a diverse society made up of many different cultures that range from multiple different international countries. Both Rawls and Nozick have their own theories on justice, about whether an act is just or unjust and how we humans should live…

I am a victim. You are a victim. We, as a society, are victims of the lies, manipulation, and fabrication that the mass and social media have imposed on us through fake news. The popular term “fake news” refers to false news whose main strategy is to deceive people by posing as authentic news. A subject many fake news writers have taken on is the publishing of fake health articles. I often read articles titled "Lose 5 Pounds in One Week," or "5 Flat Belly Foods." These articles are…

People will do anything to win an argument. Ripping apart an argument trying to make the other person feel bad will cause tempers to flare. In her article “The Triumph of the Yell” written by Deborah Tannen, she talked about how almost everything is being argued and she is blaming journalists and politicians for feeding the flame of public arguments. In the article, Tannen talked a lot about a “culture of critique”. In classes and in the workforce we are expected to use “critical thinking” on…

any one person or gender expectable? Searching through magazines, one soon becomes aware of the importance placed upon perfecting the human form. Ultimately creating an atmosphere laden with self-doubt and misunderstanding as advertisers along with media work tirelessly to make each one of us believe we must be something other than ourselves. In my research, I have found that some of the most offensive and unacceptable ads come from Fast Food advertisers.…

In the article “The cultural logic of media convergences,” Henry Jenkins argues that the meaning of media convergence cannot be simply defined as a development of technology that combines different types of media into one platform, and it is a process that created by media audiences’ desire for more entertainment and the cooperation among many media industries for fulfilling those audiences’ behavior. For a further understanding of convergence, Jenkins believes that it is a shift of culture that…