Blog #2

I felt very strongly about Culture Jam and chose to write my second blog about that material.  The strongest opinion I have on this material is about today's media.  I feel that the media has negative affects on us as a society and the media mainly announces negative events.  In the book a passage that really stuck out to me was, "In today's media enviroment, advertisers rule-the sponsor is king.  That ideology is now so entrenched within media circles as to have become an unspoken operational code.  Lessons about power, privilege and access are learned at the lower levels by young writers who take this received wisdom with them as they move up the media ladder.  From the smallest community weeklies to the big city and national dailies, from Forbes and Details and Cosmo to the NBC, ABC AND CBS networks, our whole social communications system is rotten to the core."  The media controls our life even though we may not realize it.  That's how people know how to dress like and what popular celebrities are dating other celebrities.  We try to be like all the famous people and worry about what they are doing.  I think the media is annoying and you will not catch me watching news channels or pop channels.  I watch sportscenter a lot but it even annoys me by negative news stories, such as Tiger Woods or Lebron James.  I come from a small town and live on a farm, so in my free time i'm usually working on the farm and don't have a lot of time to watch TV or listen to the radio.  The media has been changing our lives and people do not even realize it.  Like Lasn states, "It has happened so gradually that hardly anyone has noticed.  Those who have clued in apparently figure it's best to ignore the shit and just keep dancing." It's a shame in my opinion how much we are almost zombie like today and the only question that keeps presenting itself in my head is what is it going to be like in another 100 years.  I can only hope something changes and my children do not have to go through life without enjoying nature such as I have working on the farm and hunting.  I will probably limit my children's exposure to the media as much as I can.  What if anything do you think you will limit your children from doing involving media?  

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Introduction

Hi, my name is Justin Morris and I am a junior here at Ship.  I also wrestle here at Ship and wrestle 125 pounds.  Outside of school and wrestling I like to hunt, fish and hangout with friends.  I am a secondary education geography major and want to someday become an athletic director.  I was interested in this class because I was always good with history and english in high school and thought I could do well in this class and use it as a general education credit.  The last book I read was called Trouble Shooter by Louie L'amore, which was an old western novel.  I am not a big music person, but I do watch a lot of movies.  I really enjoy an action movie with a lot of suspense.  I watch some TV when i'm not busy wrestling or hunting.  I mainly watch ESPN, History, and the Discovery channels.  As for my past experiences in literature, I had a senior english class where we read a lot of the same material that is covered in this class and we were involved in a lot of discussions about the material, which I think will benefit me for this literature class.  In my opinion literature is a creative writing and an art.  I am excited for class and look forward to meeting and getting to know the rest of you.