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Shaquille Lee
Media Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write. So I would assume that the term Media Literacy is referring to reading and writing involving technology. I believe that media literacy is if someone is able to use today’s technology to read, write, comprehend. Media literate youth and adults are better able to understand the complex messages we receive from television, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, billboards, video games, music, and all other forms of media.
Social Media Reflection
Social Media has become the most form of communication in our world today. It has even evolved into something greater than a tool to keep up with old friends. Big Companies are investing billions of dollars into these social networks and using them as platforms to advertise their product. Social networking platforms allow organizations to improve communication and productivity by distributing information among different groups of people in a more efficient manner. The use of social media and networking services such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat have become an important part of Americans’ daily lives. Social networking services actually play a vital role for in young people’s lives, to the contrary of many people’s beliefs.
The many uses of our Social Media and networking services are underestimated by most. Social networking services are designed to support users working, thinking and acting together. Social networks encourage discovery. If someone is interested in certain books, bands, recipes or ideas, most likely their interest could be found for by a social networking service or group within a service. Also users can take part in activities and discussions on a site, and upload, modify or create content. This supports creativity and can support discussion.
Superbowl Precis
Mountain Dew, in its 2016 Super Bowl commercial, stirred up much controversy by creating an interesting creature using parts of three things that your average person supposedly loves. The commercials begins with the creature, which is a sick combination of a puppy, a monkey, and a baby, entering a room with three men who look as if they’re calling it a night, but the creature enters carrying Mountain Dew’s new drink, dancing, and bringing life to the room. Mountain Dew is trying to compare they’re drink to a “puppymonkeybaby” because this creature consist of three things that they’re audience are supposed to “love” and their drink is made of three key ingredients that they are trying to promote.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
“ I don’t know anything about David Duke.”
i. When and where did he say it?
Trump was being interviewed on February 29, 2016 on CNN’s “State Of The Union”
ii. What’s the whole story?
Trump was asked by the interviewer whether he would disavow David Duke and other white supremacist groups that are supporting his campaign. Trump responded "I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists," he said. "So I don't know. I don't know -- did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists."
iii. What must you know about this topic in order to make an informed and full position of your own?
You must know that Trump is receiving major support from the Klu Klux Klan and other White Supremacist groups. You must also know that David Duke was a former Grand Wizard of the KKK. Trump lied in his statement because he knew who david Duke was. He Disavowed him in the Year 2000, because he was in a reform party.
iv. What are your thoughts overall?
I feel like Trump didn’t want to separate himself from the Klansmen because he wanted the votes.
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
i. When and where did he say it?
Ted Cruz was being interviewed on CNN’s special “The Final Five” on March 21, 2016.
ii. What’s the whole story?
In response to a question about Trump about United States involvement in Eurpoean Defense. Cruz stated "Ukraine used to be the third-largest nuclear country on the face of the Earth. Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America came in and said if you hand over those nuclear weapons, we will ensure your territorial integrity from Russia. We made a commitment, and then the Obama administration has broken its word."
iii. What must you know about this topic in order to make an informed and full position of your own?
You must know that this statement is completely false. Ukraine has never turned over nuclear weapons to the the United States.
iv. What are your thoughts overall?
The United States only promised to respect those borders itself, and to go to the United Nations should another power threaten Ukraine with a nuclear attack.
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
i. When and where did he say it?
This was written by Hillary clinton and posted on Medium on March 15, 2016.
ii. What’s the whole story?
Hillary Clinton was speaking out against Gun violence and stated
"Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined." After researching this statement was found to be true.
iii. What must you know about this topic in order to make an informed and full position of your own?
For African American men and boys between the ages of 15 and 24, for the 2014 there were 2,256 gun related deaths.
iv. What are your thoughts overall?
Hillary Clinton stated a fact and this is a problem we need to fix.
Proles
“They were born, they grew up in the gutters, they went to work at twelve, they passed through a brief blossoming period of beauty and sexual desire, they married at twenty, they were middle-aged at thirty, they died, for the most part at sixty. Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and, above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”
This article does relate to our society today, because there are millions of people who are blind to things that are really going on in our world today. The media can really fool us into thinking anything they want us to think. Even though we have the technology to look up answers and gather information, the internet can also serve a negative, because you can find anything supporting your why your way of thinking is correct. This is why I feel like even though we are getting so technologically advanced we still need books. The internet is full of opinions. To find the truth you will have to dig deep. Proles are a group of people in the novel 1984. But they function with the importance of a single character. In fact, they all around seem like one, collective character because they’re not singled out as individuals. That’s the point of the proles in this novel, they’re just a nameless, mindless mass.There are some people today who are modern day proles. Some people today do not pay attention to politics or vote. We were given the right to vote to make a change in our country and to put power into the people’s hands. But if we ignore the power we were given as the people, the government will began to take over slowly.
http://disinfo.com/2013/02/how-mass-media-manipulates-public-opinion/