Assigned Entry #6

 

 

I liked blogging because it was a way for me to express things that I find interesting in a non-formal way, using pictures and videos to illustrate. I enjoy sharing my thoughts with the few people who read my blogs. I like blogging in general; it feels good to write down my opinions and getting feedback. I feel as though I took blogging completely serious. Whatever topic I was interested in I became an expert at it by researching my topic and portraying it in my own unique style.

took it seriously because I liked doing it and I showed my creativity through my blogs and I knew that it would be on the World Wide Web for everyone to see so that made me motivated to do a good job at it I learned how to add my own tone and voice into my writing.

I learned a lot from my blogging experience and most importantly I learned that I like to express myself by writing.  I never really dreaded doing a blog and that's awesome

Blogging as an assignment for a class was useful because I think blogging was a way our teacher could see without all the formal rules of writing  we as the student can be very persuasive entertaining and educational at the same time.

 

 

My suggestions to Chris about the blogging assignments that he is constructed is that he should continue the concept of using blogs, because it is a perfect modern way for him to connect to his students and see what interests them, and how the work when the pressure is not directly on them. Keep up the good job and this was an experience i will never forget.

 

Stereotypes

To understand different examples of stereotypes, am going to define what stereotype is. Steriotype is any commonly known public belief about a certain social group or a type of individual. Stereotypes are often confused with prejudices, because, like prejudices, a stereotype is based on a prior assumption. Stereotypes are often created about people of specific cultures or races.

Almost every culture or race has a stereotype, including Jewish people, African American people, Irish people, and Polish people, among others.

Stereotypes are not just different races and backgrounds, Gender stereotypes also exist. For example, if you say that men are better than women, you’re stereotyping all men and all women. If you say that all women like to cook, you are stereotyping women.

Sexual orientation stereotypes are also common. These stereotypes occur when you have negative views on gays, lesbians, and transgender individuals. People who have these negative views are often known as homophobic.

Stereotyping is not only hurtful, it is also wrong. Even if the stereotype is correct in some cases, constantly putting someone down based on your preconceived perceptions will not encourage them to succeed.

Stereotyping can lead to bullying form a young age. Jocks and Preps pick on the Nerds and the Geeks; Skaters pick on the Goths, so on and so forth. Stereotyping is encouraging bullying behavior that children carry into adulthood.

Stereotyping can also lead people to lives driven by hate, and can cause the victims of those stereotypes to be driven by fear. For example, many gays and lesbians are afraid to admit their sexuality in fear of being judged. It is a lose-lose situation, both for those who are doing the stereotype and those who are victims.

Even though some stereotypes are true it not most times and can be very offensive people of other cultures. I am Jamaican and I got a dollar for every time I was asked if I smoke weed I would be very happy.  When people stereotype it means that they have a limited understanding of that culture and they should know that the world has become multicultural thanks to the internet. People shouldn’t try to live up to their stereotype because of their race or gender. My advice to then is to just be yourself and ignore ignorance.

Assigned Entry # 5 Media

Media is all around us, therefore is hard to not be affected by it. Due to its tremendous audience and the impact it has, the media has been able to change public opinion. The media's powerful influence can be seen through its portrayal of major events. When the media began, it had a political agenda. It was outlets through which the common people would criticize the government but now it is a very persuasive tool used to persuade encourage and brainwash the public.

The goal of media is to persuade the audience to believe or do something. They persuade by using techniques of persuasion, they have been used for thousands of years. I think knowing these techniques are important because when you know how the media is trying to persuade you to believe something you’ll be able to make your own decisions.

 

An example of this is a person who doesn’t like animals comes across a commercial about adopting a rescued animal they do the whole sad music cute puppy dog eyes footage of one legged cats so that this may change their opinions because they’re persuaded by the innocence and helplessness that those specific commercials try to represented.

They try by linking a product, with something that is already liked like this picture of family and coke they think if you are a family person and you like family you like coke

When they show a product the put beautiful people to catch your attention persuading the audience to think that if they use that product you would look beautiful too

Another way is by saying that it is what’s in and so many people are doing it and you shouldn’t be left out by not doing it also

They try to bribe you by saying if you buy one you you’ll get one free or on discount, you might not want it in the first place but if you think you are winning something you might buy it anyways

They would pay celebrities to say they like something and the public would respond because they are famous and they talk about how it worked for then so that people might think that it could work for them too

They try to make us laugh in advertising because when we laugh we feel good and they pop their logo on the screen so our good feeling will be associated with that logo they hope that when we see that logo in the store we will feel good

They use words like Greatest, Best, Lowest, Fastest, Better, Improved, Amazing and Incredible

They use Repetition Over and over so that it will be stuck in your head and in my case that song Lerner and Row is the way to go call 9661900 is stuck it has a catchy tune and its funny I always sing along when I hear the commercial come on

And that headon commercial its really annoying …

Persuasion is a powerful thing it makes people believe something that they didn’t before weather positive or negative. Whether it’s turning on the T.V. or flipping through a magazine, a person is guaranteed to see companies selling their products with a technique that I like to call, brainwashing. In all seriousness, it’s horrible that companies lure the viewer into believing that they need the product that the product will somehow enhance their life and they can’t possibly live without it. But the way the companies go about doing so is flat out appalling

Where the Easter Bunny come from?

Growing up in a Christian home I have never been told about the Easter egg or painted an egg and looked for it, so I decided to do a blog about where did the whole idea come from and why is a bunny laying eggs because I know Rabbits (bunnies) are mammals, just like us, they have babies just like dogs and cats, which tells me the egg thing is symbolic.

I ask my Best friend what it is all about because her mother had that tradition with her growing up but unfortunately she couldn’t give me a straight answer.

I grew up in Jamaica so there is no school for the whole week of Easter and on that morning my mother would give us bun with cheese to eat in the morning for breakfast and took some for lunch to eat in Church. My mother made fish for dinner before we left for church so we can have it after a long survice at church.  She told me bun symbolizes the resurrection of Jesus Crist on the 3^rd day after his crucifixion at Calvary.

Today the origins of Easter like Christmas are overshadowed by modern traditions and mythology and mow is about people dying eggs in huge baskets and scavenger hunts

Doing my research I came to find out that the rabbit was sacred to the mythic goddess of spring Eostre which is where Easter takes its name Rabbits have frequent multiple births so it becomes a symbol of fertility and eggs is a symbol of rebirth and were often used in pagan celebrations Christians adopted the egg symbol to represent the rebirth of Jesus Crist the egg can also represent the tomb from which Jesus arose. Back then different nations would hold rituals to celebrate life and fertility and the rabbit was a sure sign of spring and fertility they would come out and multiply and another symbol of life was the egg during the vernal equinox eggs was dyed red in the exchange for good luck tokens to worship the goddess of rebirth renewal and spring called Eostre who would return at the vernal equinox and bring life back to earth. Eostre is where they get the name Easter

The story was that one year the Eostre was late at returning to earth and bringing the worth of spring as a consequence birds wings froze off the Eostre felt guilty and wanted to save the bird so she turned it into a rabbit the rabbit became one of her cohorts  and to honor its beginning as a bird once a year at the vernal equinox the rabbit had the ability to lay rainbow colored eggs which it would hide for children to find children were also told to lay there caps and bionics on the floor upside down and the rabbit would make a nest in the hat and leave the eggs there and this is the modern day Easter basket.