Self and society are inter-twinned just like business and consumer is in a constant circle of giving and receiving. Merchants of Cool shows that the general public is being used as a tool to manipulate them into buying product but in turn the general public gets to but the products they want and live the life style advertised. Self creates an image, a unique quality but no matter what it is it ends up shaping society until the self changes again to not conform to society. There is no way to escape the loop because by trying to escape it you end up getting even more trapped. There two options, one to conform always and stay part of the loop or two not to conform and become the driving force for the loop. If there weren’t outliers in society then everyone would just stay with in the same trends and products and commercialism and the circle of society to self would go no where. So really the only way to break the loop is to all become the same, but no body really wants that.
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Mean girl response
Mean Girls fits denby’s article on teen movies perfectly, Regia George is blonde, bitchy, hated but popular with the muscle bound jock boyfriend, identical to Denby’s discription of the highschool social queen. It also portrays the same overall plot that denby shows stays the same, new kid tries to fit in only to find its neer actually what they really wanted but they somehow ed up on top and the populars are beaten down and there true colors show through. Denby is realistic in his assumtions that teen movies stem from a hatred of these people in highschool and it almost acts as a finger to them. It is also true that anyone can relate to teen movies because at least on of the charecters or situations has been experienced by them. Teen movies offer a realistic view point and Mean Girls ascary accurate picture of highschool with a little hollywood dramatization and glamour thrown in.
The rules of the heard
Human nature has shown that survival of the fittest depend on remaining with the pack or your chances of surving are slim. Jerry points this same rule applies for society today, that everyone is afraid to leave the opions of there peers for there own because of the consequences and possible exile surrounding it. Twain a late 1800’s century author remarked Jerry’s opinion to be true at the present time and it still holds true today in the 2000’s. Peoples opinions at school, work and anywhere else are fostered from others and others before them. From day one we are taught how to act and what to think and just as you think you’ve found an uncharted path the map is laid in front of you. Perhaps itis because the human race has been around long enough to leave no stone unturned and that is why we contnue in loops. Perhaps it is because we can compare anything said to the root of the very beginnings of knowledge. Or perhaps it is because in the very deepest, animalistic parts of our minds we are tryingto fit in to survive. This holds true in most cases where if you think different from all the others you are chastized and frowned upon untill one more thinks it ight be a good idea and other’s file in. “It is survival of the fittest.” (Darwin) and people are forced to adapt to fit.
Sythesis is a foramilized arguement which uses the ideas and opinions of others to foster there own postion on a subject. There are varying levels of otehr peoples works that are cited throughout a piece; however many are used it is not to overpower the argument. They are meant to add bulk, seriousness and credability to your argument. Synthesis takes a careful balance of own opinion and other opinions interwoven together. It is also important to give credit to all the people that you have qouted through out your piece and a works cited is usually necessary. As general steps you should first asses the complexity of the issue and recognize both sides strenghths and weaknesses. Then you should formulate your position and find text that supports your side and will fit into your essay well.
1. Both Gerbner and Gitlin agree that there is excessive and unecessary media violence, they also believes the industry attempts to mask violence are fruitless and that the media world is run by big business leaders who show no signs of stopping what they are doing.
2. Gitlin used Japan as an example because it shows how violence there media is in comparision to how low the crime rate is in hopes of proving that media violence has little to do with how real violence gets started. Gerber responds first by insulting his choice in situations and then by stating that Gitlin did not understand that he was saying media on top of other things causes violence not just media.
3. Gerbner believes that the V-chip is a bad thing and that it is just the media industry trying to keep the public content with increasing violence on television. Its there way to give the public a false illusion of power in the system when really the media has all the control over them.
Gitlin beleieves that the V-chip is not necessairly a bad thing because he believes parents do have the power to exposing there kids to violence or not. He sees it more as a way to protect than mask the indusry’s true feelings.
4.That overall it leads more to paranoia and fear of crime then crime itself.
1. Johnson is making a scientifically itellegent argument that Tv helps your brain by comparing his theory to a movie he is in turn showing how it sculpted his argument and his intellegence.
2. The charts allow readers that are visual learners to be able to see what he’s talking about. Also its difficult to understand what Johnson is trying to depict with out an illustration. It also allows the reader to be able to make quick inferences and comparisons. The name of the show to match the show is important because that way the reader can easily see the difference in complexity without a writen explanation. The charts would be hindered standing alone because you could pick out the major differences were between charts but you wouldnt know what the difference was, a short explanation would be needed.
3. I don’t believe the complexity level of TV can be compared to books because even if your following multiple story threads and following the action in a book you have to formulate the image itself to. The brain activity of reading a book is much hiogher since you must first create the story to read it and then you fall into TV stage where your uncovering the plot and analyzing.
4. He points out the main argument in the 5th paragraph noting that people argue that what media have lost in moral clarity they have gained in realism. He mentions that not all life is shiny and bright and shows have gained a real clarity; he switches geasrs quickly back onto his own argument though to keep from going on a tangent.
Footnote questions pg.68
1. Putnam establishes credability by citing quantitative data such as the precentages of televisions in childrens rooms. He also use anecdotes from other people such as the description of how the family room has become the TV room to establish ethos with his audience. Also in his notes he mentions a wide variety of sources that help establish his argument showing that the topic has been well thought and studied before writing.
2. Comstock is cited in the notes to give different calculations to add onto godbey and robinson’s research as bulk to his arguement. He specificaly states that in the lae 80’s the st in an average television owning household was on for about eight hours, it back Godbey’s reasearch, that the average american spends three hours watching as probable.
Robinson is cited in the notes and the first paragraph along with Godbey. The are time researchers that estiate 40% of leisure time is dedicated to television. They also state it is a 1/3 increase from 1965 to 1995.
Needham is cited in the middle of paragraph 3, it was a survey conducted for life styles that found that the number of Americans who perferred spending a quiet evening at home rose steadily.
Kunstler is cited in paragraph 4, a social critic, who strongly believes the household has been TV centered for three generations. Kunstler cites within his anecdote a friend of his that is an archietect establishing double credability.
3. It helps to back up the claims and the intial research conducted that he mentions in his essay. It also gives the reader the option to further research on his disscusion.
4. The data cited in paragraph three encompasses a wide range of time by mentioning various years in footnoteb 14 it shows that the study was conducted over a long period of time and olds a wide variety of data showng the audience that by using so many trials it must be more acurate.
5.He makes an inference about the general data in his piece about the fact that spending time at home was rising steadily. By finding other supporting evidence he infers that a rising percentage of people perfering to stay at home means a rising of television watching.
6. By using Kunstler’s piece at the end he leaves his audience with an extreme view as food for thought. By showing an extreme case he is exemplifying how much a problem TV watching can become if it continues to increase more and more but at the current time may not be to terrible.
7. They suggest that he has used data over an extended period of time making his research seem well rounded and well put together. Also creates a mental image of a rising problem by citing increasing data over the years.
TV Turnoff Week
1. HIs purpose is to provide awareness about turning off the TV and to go out and live life and by using eye catching visuals he illustrates how easy it is to do so. Illustrations allow the audience to to connect the idea with a picture which keeps the thought in the reader’s mind more vividly and longer.
2. Information but almost condescending because the picture portray an it’s so easy but let me help you figure it out because you obviously haven’t gotten it yet attitude. There is also a nostalgic feel to it because it is like the pamphlets in the airplane. The words aren’t particulary imimportant because the picture provide all the all the directions effectively, the wordsare there for extra information and with the font being so smallit oulls the audience in to take a closer look.
3. I believe so because I instantly made me think of the safety and which triggered my brain to think “important read.” It makes it more effective because the audience can relate to the poster on a personal level.
1. The interview not only adresses the threat of culture jamming but that the TV-B-gone remote may be breaking the rules of privacy. She often questions if ethically the remotes are a good thing. However throughout the interview the reader can see that it is not necessarily taken out of control.
2. The interviewer’s belief is that the remote will be used for the wrong reason and just make people angry rather than make people want to get out and get active. This is extremely apparent in her questons as most deal with when the line of people’s own choice is crossed.
3. Her tone shows hesitance and bias towards the remote. The tone affects the the interviwee’s credability because he’s being hammered with so many questions against his view. The reader sees it only as causing problems and unethical. He relys less on statistics and more on personal experience and feelings. The interviewer has the edge because she hits with all the questions the average joe’s would be asking. By hammering the interviwee with questions against his view she can get him to say more flaws discrediting them.
4. It appears that interviwer is trying to show that the remote is unconstitutional and against American’s privacy rights.
Wait TV is Bad Now
1. He assumes that his audience has encountered or owns a television. He also assumes that his audience does not find Tv to be there only source of entertainment, but believes that the audience is is unaware of how consumed they are.
2. It immediately puts the idea of shuting the television of into the reades head. It also allows the audience to to craft there own opinion on the subject before the author proves his/her right or wrong.
3. The question causes the reader to pause, and deeply consider the question said. Furthermore it envokes the reader to keep reading and aquire knowledge to answer the question along the way. Trubey appears to have a great understanding on the way American society thinks and leaves no stone unturned. He answers his question with a variety of sources and scientific knowledge, swaying the audience to his side.
4. By seperating people into two categories the audience can choose to fall into either side and they will not be caged by only one opinion. By covering both sides he can prove his thought easier and people no matter which side there on there more likely to listen.
5. An educated reader would not weight the statistical information into fostering there opinion because it is not cited. The information could be true but it could just as easily be made up.
6. They offer extended reasoning and other organizations that agree with his point giving his argument more weight.
